History & Philosophy
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The Biggest Number in the World: A Journey to the Edge of Mathematics
$17.95 Read moreThe weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers
From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend- Author: Darling, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 086154305X
- Language: English
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The Art of More: How Mathematics Created Civilization
$28.00 Read moreAn illuminating, millennia-spanning history of the impact mathematics has had on the world, and the fascinating people who have mastered its inherent power
Counting is not innate to our nature, and- Author: Brooks, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1524748994
- Language: English
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The Golden Section: Nature’s Greatest Secret
$8.95 Add to cartWhat was the great and golden secret known to Leonardo Da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Why were they forbidden to reveal it? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? In … [more below]
- Series: Wooden Books North America Editions
- Author: Olsen, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1952178037
- Language: English
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Much ADO about Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times
$19.95 Add to cartShakespeare’s era was abuzz with mathematical progress, from the new concept of “zero” to Galileo’s redraft of the heavens. Now, Rob Eastaway uncovers the many surprising ways math shaped Shakespeare’
- Author: Eastaway, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798893030303
- Language: English
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Math for English Majors: A Human Take on the Universal Language
$30.00 Add to cartIf Mathematics had a Rosetta Stone… In this trailblazing work from the internet’s most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets behind the world’s most confounding language.
Math, it… [more below]- Author: Orlin, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0762499818
- Language: English
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Euler’s Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
$21.95 Add to cartHow a simple equation reshaped mathematics
Leonhard Euler’s polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects-from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller’s buildings and giant all-c- Series: Princeton Science Library #64
- Author: Richeson, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 0691191379
- Language: English
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Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics: Second Edition
$24.95 Add to cartThis classic undergraduate text acquaints students with the fundamental concepts and methods of mathematics. In addition to introducing many historical figures from the 18th through the mid-20th centu… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Wilder, Raymond L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: May 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0486488209
- Language: English
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The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThis Very Short Introduction explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical practice, ranging from the distant past to the present. Historian Jacqueline Stedall shows that mathema… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Stedall, Jacqueline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0199599688
- Language: English
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Language of Mathematics
$26.99 Add to cartThe great book of nature, said Galileo, can be read only by those who know the language in which it was written. And this language is mathematics. In The Language of Mathematics, award-winning author
- Author: Devlin, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 13 2000
- ISBN10: 0805072543
- Language: English
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Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity
$22.95 Add to cartA comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics
Tales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied- Author: Richeson, David S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218722
- Language: English
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Gamma: Exploring Euler’s Constant
$20.95 Add to cartAmong the many constants that appear in mathematics, π, e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is y, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a
- Series: Princeton Science Library #53
- Author: Havil, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0691178100
- Language: English
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History Mathematics 3e
$42.00 Add to cartThe updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematics
For more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to l
- Author: Boyer, Carl B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: January 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0470525487
- Language: English
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The Music of the Primes
$17.99 Add to cartInthe tradition of Fermat’s Enigma and Pi, Marcus du Sautoy tells the illuminating, authoritative, and engagingstory of Bernhard Reimann and the ongoing quest tocapture the holy grail of mathematics–… [more below]
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0062064010
- Language: English
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When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
$18.95 Add to cartA mathematical journey through the most fascinating problems of extremes and how to solve them
What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest?- Series: Princeton Science Library #114
- Author: Nahin, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218765
- Language: English
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Proofs and Refutations
$28.00 Add to cartImre Lakatos’s Proofs and Refutations is an enduring classic, which has never lost its relevance. Taking the form of a dialogue between a teacher and some students, the book considers various solution… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Philosophy Classics
- Author: Lakatos, Imre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: October 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1107534054
- Language: English
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The Mathematical Experience
$18.99 Add to cartThis is the classic introduction for the educated lay reader to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities.
- Author: Davis, Philip J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 29 2010
- ISBN10: 0395929687
- Language: English
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The Calculus Gallery: Masterpieces from Newton to Lebesgue
$19.95 Add to cartMore than three centuries after its creation, calculus remains a dazzling intellectual achievement and the gateway to higher mathematics. This book charts its growth and development by sampling from t… [more below]
- Series: Princeton Science Library #60
- Author: Dunham, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 13 2018
- ISBN10: 069118285X
- Language: English
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The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero
$17.98 Add to cartA symbol for what is not there, an emptiness that increases any number it’s added to, an inexhaustible and indispensable paradox. As we enter the year 2000, zero is once again making its presence felt… [more below]
- Author: Kaplan, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 07 2000
- ISBN10: 0195142373
- Language: English
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Mathematics for the Nonmathematician
$34.95 Add to cartPractical, scientific, philosophical, and artistic problems have caused men to investigate mathematics. But there is one other motive which is as strong as any of these — the search for beauty. Mathe… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Kline, Morris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 01 1985
- ISBN10: 0486248232
- Language: English
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Peculiar Deaths of Famous Mathematicians
$13.99 Read moreGetting and keeping teens interest in mathematics is vital to their future. But how, when there are so many dreary textbooks and repetitive curriculum requirements? Covering everything that they need … [more below]
- Author: Georgiou, Ioanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: July 29 2023
- ISBN10: 191356570X
- Language: English
