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Paperback. These and hundreds of other terms wait to be discovered within the pages of this mathematical and etymological treasure chest. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GBC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421410982
- ISBN
- 9781421410982
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Condition: New
€ 51.53€ 47.85
€ 51.53
€ 47.85
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.38
€ 51.99
€ 43.38
Hardback. This title argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the 16th century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo and Cavalieri began referring to their field in terms drawn from the exploration accounts of Columbus and Magellan. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732604
- ISBN
- 9780804732604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.51
€ 90.51
She highlights the human side of what many view as that most arcane and otherworldly of intellectual endeavors, mathematics, which indeed answers to such diverse factors as religion, ego, and depression. Num Pages: 544 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882913
- ISBN
- 9780801882913
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Condition: New
€ 90.74
€ 90.74
Hardback. A collection of informal interviews and memoirs of sixteen prominent members of the mathematical community of the twentieth century, many still active. Editor(s): Albers, Donald J.; Alexanderson, Gerald L. Num Pages: 352 pages, 188 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1064.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148298
- ISBN
- 9780691148298
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€ 37.99€ 28.10
€ 37.99
€ 28.10
Paperback. Providing insight into one of the most fascinating and unique subjects in statistics, this book examines classic problems of probability that have both contributed to the field and have been of historical significance, including Parrondo's Amazing Paradox, Laplace's Rule of Succession, and Jacob Bernoulli and His Golden Theorem. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118063255
- ISBN
- 9781118063255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.99
€ 71.99
hardcover. Complete set of colour images and transcriptions of the most important manuscripts discovered in the Archimedes Palimpsest. Editor(s): Netz, Reviel; Noel, William; Wilson, Nigel; Tchernetska, Natalie. Series: The Archimedes Palimpsest Publications. Num Pages: 352 pages, 160 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBLA1; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 343 x 250 x 79. Weight in Grams: 2504.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107014374
- ISBN
- 9781107014374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.85
€ 128.85
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 668.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610511
- ISBN
- 9780691610511
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Condition: New
€ 81.55€ 62.80
€ 81.55
€ 62.80
hardcover. This book demonstrates how, in the Europe of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literary writers, philosophers, and mathematicians together developed and shaped the idea of modern probability, both scientifically and aesthetically. Translator(s): Wiggins, Ellwood. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; PBT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768641
- ISBN
- 9780804768641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.06
€ 198.06
Hardback. Revealing the mathematical side of Benjamin Franklin, this book explains the mathematics behind Franklin's popular "Poor Richard's Almanac", which featured such things as population estimates and a host of mathematical digressions. It includes optional math problems that challenge readers to match wits with the Founding Father himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 color plates. 50 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129563
- ISBN
- 9780691129563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.44
€ 27.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. "Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place."-Publishers Weekly Num Pages: 315 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337938
- ISBN
- 9780393337938
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.15
€ 17.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 104 line illus. BIC Classification: PBMB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691158204
- ISBN
- 9780691158204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.49
€ 20.99
€ 16.49
Hardback. While the Jesuits claimed Xu as a convert, he presented the Jesuits as men from afar who had traveled from the West to China to serve the emperor. Num Pages: 384 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406060
- ISBN
- 9781421406060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Paperback. Statistics have helped shape every area of science. Without the means to analyze critical data, none of the great disoveries of the past would be possible. This paperback reprint of a Wiley bestseller shows the development of these data analysis tools and the manner in which they aided technological development prior to 1750. Series: Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Num Pages: 586 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 33. Weight in Grams: 848.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 586
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471471295
- ISBN
- 9780471471295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.79
€ 177.79
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638638
- ISBN
- 9780691638638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.40
€ 264.40
Provides historical context to the mathematics that undergrad math and math education majors encounter every day. This title illuminates the people, stories, and social context behind mathematics' historical advances while maintaining appropriate focus on the mathematical concepts themselves. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 7 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073383156
- ISBN
- 9780073383156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.15
€ 261.15
Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany: Individual Fates and Global ...
Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
paperback. The emigration of mathematicians from Europe during the Nazi era signaled an irrevocable and important historical shift for the international mathematics world. This book presents an account of this exodus. It describes the flight of more than 140 mathematicians, their reasons for leaving, and the political and economic issues involved. Num Pages: 504 pages, 59 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140414
- ISBN
- 9780691140414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.02€ 59.76
€ 77.02
€ 59.76
Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621496
- ISBN
- 9781900621496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. All historians of mathematics and students of the field will want a copy of this remarkable resource on their bookshelves. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892486
- ISBN
- 9780801892486
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.53
€ 44.99
€ 37.53
Hardcover. This detailed description of the fundamental developments in statistical theory around 1950 points out the centrally important interplay between increasingly refined mathematical techniques and the concomitant developments in methodological concepts. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642310836
- ISBN
- 9783642310836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.23€ 144.78
€ 147.23
€ 144.78
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607771
- ISBN
- 9780691607771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.95€ 65.30
€ 84.95
€ 65.30
Paperback. An easy-to-read presentation of the early history of mathematics Engaging and accessible, An Introduction to the Early Development of Mathematics provides a captivating introduction to the history of ancient mathematics in early civilizations for a nontechnical audience. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119104971
- ISBN
- 9781119104971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.83
€ 76.83
hardcover. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HRCX6; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885532
- ISBN
- 9780801885532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Paperback. We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory. This book gives us the complete history of this area of mathematics, from its classical analytical beginnings to the present day. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones. 67 line illus. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155012
- ISBN
- 9780691155012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.92
€ 24.92