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  • The Cambridge Companion to Fregeby Tom Ricketts; Michael Potter

    Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 33.00

    Offers a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the scope and importance of Gottlob Frege's work. more...

  • 1089 and All Thatby David Acheson

    OUP Oxford 2010; US$ 16.99

    David Acheson's extraordinary little book makes mathematics accessible to everyone. From very simple beginnings he takes us on a thrilling journey to some deep mathematical ideas. On the way, via Kepler and Newton, he explains what calculus really means, gives a brief history of pi, and even takes us to chaos theory and imaginary numbers. Every... more...

  • Trigonometric Delights (New in Paperback)by Eli Maor

    Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 18.95

    Trigonometry has always been an underappreciated branch of mathematics. It has a reputation as a dry and difficult subject, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation. In this book, Eli Maor draws on his remarkable talents as a guide to the world of numbers to dispel that view. Rejecting the usual arid descriptions of sine, cosine,... more...

  • The Glorious Golden Ratioby Alfred S. Posamentier

    Prometheus Books 2011; US$ 12.99

    What exactly is the Golden Ratio? How was it discovered? Where is it found? These questions and more are thoroughly explained in this engaging tour of one of mathematics' most interesting phenomena. Veteran educators and prolific mathematics writers trace the appearance of the Golden Ratio throughout history and demonstrate a variety of ingenious techniques... more...

  • Beyond Reasonby A. K. Dewdney

    Wiley 2004; US$ 27.95

    A mind-bending excursion to the limits of science and mathematics Are some scientific problems insoluble? In Beyond Reason, internationally acclaimed math and science author A. K. Dewdney answers this question by examining eight insurmountable mathematical and scientific roadblocks that have stumped thinkers across the centuries, from ancient mathematical... more...

  • Interactionsby Vincent F. Hendricks; Klaus Frovin Jřrgensen; Jesper Lützen

    Springer 2007; US$ 149.99

    Covers the theme of the interaction between mathematics, physics and philosophy during the beginning of the 20th century. Seminal theories of modern physics and new fundamental mathematical structures were discovered or formed in this period. more...

  • Das Unendlicheby Rudolf J. Taschner

    Springer 2006; US$ 23.99

    Philosophen und Theologen haben über das Unendliche nachgedacht. Doch die wahre Wissenschaft vom Unendlichen ist die Mathematik.Rudolf Taschner gelingt es, diesen zentralen Begriff auch dem mathematischen Laien zu vermitteln. Auf anschauliche Weise beschreibt er, wie bereits Pythagoras, Archimedes und Euklid versucht haben, das Unendliche zu fassen.... more...

  • La loi de la gravitation universelle - Newton, Euler et Laplace: Le cheminement d'une révolution scientifique vers une science normale (French Edition)by Prosper Schroeder

    Springer 2007; US$ 84.99

    La Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica de Newton, marquait-elle le début d'une révolution scientifique, ou était-elle la simple synthčse des idées d'un Kepler, Galilée ou Hooke? Clairaut, d'Alembert et Euler doutaient de la validité de la loi newtonienne et leurs idées firent progresser la mécanique céleste qui atteignit l'état de «science... more...

  • Discrete Thoughtsby Mark Kac; Gian-Carlo Rota; Jacob T. Schwartz; Peter Renz

    Springer 2008; US$ 49.95

    This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfully explores mathematics in all its moods from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral. These beautifully written articles from three great modern mathematicians will provide a source for supplemental reading for almost any math class. Topics include: logic, combinatorics,... more...

  • The Autonomy of Mathematical Knowledgeby Curtis Franks

    Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 26.00

    This study reconstructs, analyses and re-evaluates the programme of influential mathematical thinker David Hilbert, presenting it in a new light. more...