History of mathematics books

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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation

Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical...

Author: Robyn Arianrhod
ISBN: 9780226821108
Format: Hardback
$73.92

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions—sparking both...  Read More >>

Navigating Across Mathematical Cultures And Times: Exploring The Diversity Of Discoveries And Proofs

Navigating Across Mathematical Cultures And Times: Exploring...

Author: Ioannis M Vandoulakis (The Hellenic Open Univ, Greece) ,  Dun Liu (Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China)
ISBN: 9789814689366
Format: Hardback
$243.23

This volume explores how mathematical propositions are discovered, how they are demonstrated in various mathematical...  Read More >>

The World of the Abbaco: Abbacus Mathematics Analyzed and Situated Historically Between Fibonacci and Stifel

The World of the Abbaco: Abbacus Mathematics Analyzed...

Author: Jens Høyrup
ISBN: 9783031251634
Format: Paperback
$89.99

The abbacus was a thorough and complete system of arithmetical calculations, which saw its dawn in the Indian and...  Read More >>

Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World...

Author: George G. Szpiro
ISBN: 9780231213769
Format: Hardback
$57.95

George G. Szpiro guides readers through the puzzling world of paradoxes, from Socratic dialogues to the Monty Hall...  Read More >>

Homage to Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica 1644–2024: Text, Transcription, Commentaries and Selected Essays as New Historical Insights

Homage to Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica...

Author: Raffaele Pisano ,  Jean Dhombres
ISBN: 9783031069628
Format: Hardback
$527.97

Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista...  Read More >>

My Mathematical Life: Yuan Wang in Conversation

My Mathematical Life: Yuan Wang in Conversation

Author: Yuan Wang ,  Wenlin Li
ISBN: 9789811935503
Format: Hardback
$155.22

This book is an autobiographical interview with Chinese Academician Yuan Wang on his experience in mathematical...  Read More >>

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges...

Author: Matt Strassler
ISBN: 9781541603295
Format: Hardback
$55.00

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Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe

Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos,...

Author: Agustín Udías
ISBN: 9783031530074
Format: Hardback
$169.00

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Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung 1896 -1914

Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung...

Author: Beate Ceranski
ISBN: 9783662676929
Format: Hardback
$211.17

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The New Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators

The New Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring...

Author: Alexander Soifer ,  Branko Grünbaum
ISBN: 9781071635964
Format: Hardback
$580.77

The New Mathematical Coloring Book (TNMCB) includes striking results of the past 15-year renaissance that produced...  Read More >>

Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity...

Author: David Bessis ,  Kevin Frey
ISBN: 9798874762827
Format: Audio
$121.31

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just...  Read More >>

Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity

Mathematica: A Secret World of Intuition and Curiosity...

Author: David Bessis ,  Kevin Frey
ISBN: 9798874762810
Format: Audio
$131.97

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just...  Read More >>

Modern Mathematics: An International Movement?

Modern Mathematics: An International Movement?

Author: Dirk De Bock
ISBN: 9783031111686
Format: Paperback
$448.77

The international New Math developments between about 1950 through 1980, are regarded by many mathematics educators...  Read More >>

Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring Problem: An Annotated Translation of J. H. Lambert’s Vorläufige Kenntnisse and Mémoire

Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring...

Author: Eduardo Dorrego López ,  Elías Fuentes Guillén
ISBN: 9783031243653
Format: Paperback
$422.37

This publication includes an unabridged and annotated translation of two works by Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)...  Read More >>

The Science Museum Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Key Concepts

The Science Museum Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop...

Author: Katie Steckles ,  Sam Hartburn
ISBN: 9780241594919
Format: Hardback
$27.99

Get to grips with the essential topics in maths today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100 words....  Read More >>

Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics: Essays in Honor of Jesper Lützen

Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics:...

Author: Toke Knudsen ,  Jessica Carter
ISBN: 9783110769906
Format: Hardback
$554.40

The essays in the volume are in honor of Jesper L�tzen, historian of mathematics and the physical sciences, and...  Read More >>

The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary...

Author: Peter Gobets ,  Robert Lawrence Kuhn
ISBN: 9789004691551
Format: Hardback
$293.04

Interdisciplinary perspective on the origin and significance of the numeral zero. Over 40 international scholars...  Read More >>

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Jutta Schickore ,  William R. Newman
ISBN: 9783031529535
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée....  Read More >>

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens...

Author: Philippe Nabonnand ,  Olivier Bruneau
ISBN: 9783764371685
Format: Hardback
$365.95

"Indispensable for understanding Henri Poincaré's vast activity in the mathematical sciences. Provides new sources...  Read More >>

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

Author: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN: 9782889155125
Format: Paperback
$124.95

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The Bertrand Russell Collection

The Bertrand Russell Collection

Author: Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9789358484472
Format: Paperback
$59.37

"Embark on an intellectual journey with ""The Bertrand Russell Collection,"" a comprehensive anthology spanning...  Read More >>

The Bertrand Russell Collection

The Bertrand Russell Collection

Author: Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9789358484441
Format: Hardback
$77.85

"Embark on an intellectual journey with ""The Bertrand Russell Collection,"" a comprehensive anthology spanning...  Read More >>

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