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The Many Valued and Nonmonotonic Turn in Logic
Elsevier Science 2007; US$ 260.00The present volume of the Handbook of the History of Logic brings together two of the most important developments in 20th century non-classical logic. These are many-valuedness and non-monotonicity. On the one approach, in deference to vagueness, temporal or quantum indeterminacy or reference-failure, sentences that are classically non-bivalent are... more...
Graßmann (Vita Mathematica) (German Edition)
Springer 2006; US$ 64.99Hermann Graßmann, Gymnasiallehrer in Stettin und bekannt als Begründer der n-dimensionalen Vektoralgebra, erwarb sich auch in der Physik und der Sprachforschung bleibende Verdienste. Gestützt auf die Dialektik Schleiermachers entwickelte er in seinem Hauptwerk, der Ausdehnungslehre, mit philosophischer Methode eine völlig neue mathematische Disziplin.... more...
Sophus Lie. Une pensée audacieuse
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99Sophus Lie (1842-1899) compte parmi les plus grandes figures norvgiennes de la science. La notorit que lui valent ses travaux n'a rien envier celle de son illustre compatriote Niels Henrik Abel. Groupes et alg bres de Lie ont acquis droit de cit dans maints domaines. Dans cette biographie dtaille, l'crivain Arild Stubhaug, puisant dans la volumineuse... more...
Mathematics and the Aesthetic
Springer 2007; US$ 54.99Features essays that explore the ancient affinity between the mathematical and the aesthetic, focusing on the fundamental connections between these two modes of reasoning and communicating. This book examines the ways in which the aesthetic is ever present in mathematical thinking and contributes to the growth and value of mathematical knowledge. more...
6000 Jahre Mathematik
Springer 2008; US$ 39.95Die Ursprünge mathematischen Denkens, d.h. die Bildung abstrakter Begriffe und die Herstellung von Beziehungen zwischen ihnen, liegen nach heutigem Wissen in den Hochkulturen Mesopotamiens und Ägyptens im 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Hier beginnt der Autor seine Zeitreise durch die Mathematik und verfolgt ihre Geschichte bis in ausgehende 20. Jahrhundert.... more...
Israel Gohberg and Friends
Springer 2008; US$ 59.95This book is dedicated to Israel Gohberg on occasion of his 80th birthday on August 23, 2008. It is an expression of esteem and friendship for a great mathematician, a remarkable person and an inspiring colleague. The book contains reflections by Gohberg himself on his own mathematical activities and those of others. It also includes contributions... more...
The Golden Ratio
Crown Publishing Group 2008; US$ 15.99Throughout history, thinkers from mathematicians to theologians have pondered the mysterious relationship between numbers and the nature of reality. In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi , or 1.6180339887...This curious mathematical relationship, widely known as "The Golden Ratio," was discovered... more...
A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts
Springer 2007; US$ 169.99The book analyzes the mathematical tablets from the private collection of Martin Schoyen. It includes analyses of tablets which have never been studied before. This provides new insight into Babylonian understanding of sophisticated mathematical objects. The book is carefully written and organized. The tablets are classified according to mathematical... more...
Eléments d'histoire des mathématiques (French Edition)
Springer 2007; US$ 84.99Ce volume rassemble les notes historiques parues dans les différents livres des éléments de mathématique de l'auteur. Elles concernent donc l'ensemble des matières abordées dans ce traité : théorie des ensembles, algèbre, topologie, fonctions d'une variable réelle, espaces vectoriels topologiques, intégration, algèbre commutative, groupes... more...
Descartes's Secret Notebook
Crown Publishing Group 2009; US$ 16.00René Descartes (1596?1650) is one of the towering and central figures in Western philosophy and mathematics. His apothegm ?Cogito, ergo sum? marked the birth of the mind-body problem, while his creation of so-called Cartesian coordinates has made our intellectual conquest of physical space possible. But Descartes had a mysterious and mystical side,... more...









