History of mathematics books

4644 books were found.

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

Athanasius Kircher, the eminent 17th-century German Jesuit professor of mathematics at the Roman College emerges...  Read More >>

Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung 1896 -1914

Die Arbeit mit dem Radium: Radioaktivitätsforschung...

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

Dieses Buch macht die überraschende Vielfalt der Personen und Tätigkeiten in der Radioaktivitätsforschung sichtbar....  Read More >>

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

This book provides an exciting history of the discovery of Ramsey Theory, and contains new research along with rare...  Read More >>

Modern Mathematics: An International Movement?

Modern Mathematics: An International Movement?

Author: Dirk De Bock
ISBN: 9783031111686
Format: Paperback
$422.37

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
$369.57

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 >>

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 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 >>

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 >>

Much Ado About Numbers

Much Ado About Numbers

Author: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9781805460275
Format: Hardback
$43.96

A fascinating new take on the world of Shakespeare.  Read More >>

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between...

Author: Sarah Hart
ISBN: 9781250850904
Format: Paperback
$50.13

‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch...  Read More >>

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

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

A whimsical examination of math in the Middle Ages. This book brings together many unusual and entertaining examples...  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

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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 >>

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The CSHPM 2022 Volume

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The...

Author: Maria Zack ,  David Waszek
ISBN: 9783031461927
Format: Hardback
$179.00

This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics....  Read More >>

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Author: Krzysztof R Apt (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (Cwi), The Netherlands & University Of Warsaw, Poland)
ISBN: 9789811280443
Format: Hardback
$168.19

This book offers a short and accessible account of the history of mathematics, written for the intelligent layman...  Read More >>

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