History of mathematics books

4657 books were found.

Flatland

Flatland

Author: Edwin Abbott
ISBN: 9781434105196
Format: Paperback
$26.37

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Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers

Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers

Author: Kathleen Freeman
ISBN: 9781396323263
Format: Paperback
$84.45

Philosophical quotes from Orpheus, Thales, Pythagoras, Heracleitus, Zeno, and Democritus.  Read More >>

Abstract Algebra and Famous Impossibilities: Squaring the Circle, Doubling the Cube, Trisecting an Angle, and Solving Quintic Equations

Abstract Algebra and Famous Impossibilities: Squaring...

Author: Sidney A. Morris ,  Arthur Jones
ISBN: 9783031057007
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This textbook develops the abstract algebra necessary to prove the impossibility of four famous mathematical feats:...  Read More >>

The Richness of the History of Mathematics: A Tribute to Jeremy Gray

The Richness of the History of Mathematics: A Tribute...

Author: Karine Chemla ,  José Ferreirós
ISBN: 9783031408540
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book, a tribute to historian of mathematics Jeremy Gray, offers an overview of the history of mathematics and...  Read More >>

The Theory of Gödel

The Theory of Gödel

Author: Carlo Cellucci
ISBN: 9783031134197
Format: Paperback
$194.04

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Nonstandard-Analysis: In der Hochschul-Didaktik, Logik und Philosophie

Nonstandard-Analysis: In der Hochschul-Didaktik, Logik...

Author: Karl Kuhlemann
ISBN: 9783111224251
Format: Paperback
$120.03

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Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants

Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from...

Author: James Vincent
ISBN: 9781324066149
Format: Paperback
$50.03

A New Yorker Best Book of 2022 A vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient...  Read More >>

Geschichten aus der Mathematik: Indien, China und das europäische Erwachen

Geschichten aus der Mathematik: Indien, China und das...

Author: Heinz Klaus Strick
ISBN: 9783662669051
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Die Quellenlage ist unsicher – doch bereits im alten China wurde eine Fülle von Schreibweisen und Techniken entwickelt,...  Read More >>

Le 'Liber Augmenti Et Diminutionis: Contribution a l'Histoire Des Mathematiques Medievales

Le 'Liber Augmenti Et Diminutionis: Contribution a l'Histoire...

Author: Marc Moyon
ISBN: 9783515135733
Format: Hardback
$182.16

Le Liber augmenti et diminutionis [Livre de l'augmentation et de la diminution] est une traduction arabo-latine...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Science: A Companion

The Philosophy of Science: A Companion

Author: Professor of Philosophy Anouk Barberousse (Sorbonne Universite) ,  Professor of Philosophy Denis Bonnay (Universite Paris Nanterre)
ISBN: 9780197680476
Format: Paperback
$92.40

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

Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert

Mathematical Geography in the Eighteenth Century: Euler,...

Author: Renzo Caddeo ,  Athanase Papadopoulos
ISBN: 9783031095726
Format: Paperback
$343.17

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

Neue Wege im mathematischen Unterricht: Auf den Spuren Mathilde Vaertings

Neue Wege im mathematischen Unterricht: Auf den Spuren...

Author: Gerda Werth
ISBN: 9783658424442
Format: Paperback
$211.17

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

4000 Jahre Zahlentheorie: Geschichte - Kulturen - Menschen I. Von Babel bis Abel

4000 Jahre Zahlentheorie: Geschichte - Kulturen - Menschen...

Author: Franz Lemmermeyer
ISBN: 9783662681091
Format: Hardback
$224.37

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

A History of Women in Mathematics: Exploring the Trailblazers of STEM

A History of Women in Mathematics: Exploring the Trailblazers...

Author: Dale DeBakcsy
ISBN: 9781399056519
Format: Hardback
$65.00

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

Axiomatic Thinking I

Axiomatic Thinking I

Author: Fernando Ferreira ,  Reinhard Kahle
ISBN: 9783030776596
Format: Paperback
$263.97

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Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World

Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry...

Author: Benjamin Wardhaugh
ISBN: 9780691235769
Format: Paperback
$65.87

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

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them)

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be...

Author: Roberto Trotta
ISBN: 9781541674776
Format: Hardback
$79.20

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

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe,...

Author: Marcus Du Sautoy
ISBN: 9781541601284
Format: Hardback
$85.80

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

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket...

Author: Keith Houston
ISBN: 9780393882148
Format: Hardback
$53.95

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

Newton's Notebook: The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton

Newton's Notebook: The Life, Times and Discoveries of...

Author: Joel Levy
ISBN: 9781803994819
Format: Paperback
$32.99

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

Richard Dedekind: Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? Stetigkeit und Irrationale Zahlen

Richard Dedekind: Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen?...

Author: Stefan Müller-Stach
ISBN: 9783662681411
Format: Paperback
$131.97

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

Essays in Constructive Mathematics

Essays in Constructive Mathematics

Author: Harold M. Edwards ,  David A. Cox
ISBN: 9783030985608
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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

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