History of mathematics books

This edited volume traces the varied history of Oxford's Sedleian Professorship of Natural Philosophy through the...  Read More >>

Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories and concepts used by scientists. This book addresses both general...  Read More >>

This volume presents the beautiful memoirs of Euler, Lagrange and Lambert on geography, translated into English...  Read More >>

Mathilde Vaerting (1884 – 1977) möchte den Mathematikunterricht ihrer Zeit radikal verändern und mit ihrer Methode...  Read More >>

​4000 Jahre Zahlentheorie nimmt die Leser und Leserinnen mit auf eine Reise durch die Geschichte eines lange Zeit...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive history of women mathematicians in 35 years.  Read More >>

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‘An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing...  Read More >>

In this two-volume compilation of articles, leading researchers reevaluate the success of Hilbert's axiomatic method,...  Read More >>

"An astronomer ""who writes like a poet"" (Wall Street Journal) gives a sweeping, ""beautifully written"" (Nature)...  Read More >>

"A ""fun"" and ""unexpected"" (The Economist) global tour of the world's greatest games and the mathematics that...  Read More >>

Newton's Notebook is a biography of the great man, but a biography with a difference  Read More >>

The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic...  Read More >>

Die beiden Bücher „Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen?“ (1888) und „Stetigkeit und Irrationale Zahlen“ (1872) sind...  Read More >>

Contents and treatment are fresh and very different from the standard treatments Presents a fully constructive...  Read More >>

This book covers the history of kinematics from the Greeks to the 20th century.  Read More >>

First published in 1919, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy shows Russell drawing on his formidable knowledge...  Read More >>

"What do the scribes' texts teach us about mathematics? What are the particularities of ""their"" mathematics? The...  Read More >>

In this two-volume compilation of articles, leading researchers reevaluate the success of Hilbert's axiomatic method,...  Read More >>

Das Buch nimmt die Leserschaft mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt des Unendlichen. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie...  Read More >>

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This book includes more details about the context of Gödel’s life than are found in earlier biographies, while avoiding...  Read More >>

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