History & Philosophy
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Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty
$32.00 Add to cartAn award-winning mathematician shows how we prove what’s true, and what to do when we can’t
How do we establish what we believe? And how can we be certain that what we believe is true? And how do we- Author: Kucharski, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606698
- Language: English
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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
$19.99 Add to cartA “fun” and “unexpected” (The Economist) global tour of the world’s greatest games and the mathematics that underlies them
Where should you move first in Connect 4? What is the best property in Mono- Author: Du Sautoy, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1541606337
- Language: English
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Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Now
$27.95 Add to cartA breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them
Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged a- Author: Douady, St?phane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0691158657
- Language: English
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A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature’s Deep Design
$20.00 Add to cartDoes the universe embody beautiful ideas?
Artists as well as scientists throughout human history have pondered this “beautiful question.” With Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek as your guide, embark on a… [more below]- Author: Wilczek, Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109367
- Language: English
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The Principia: The Authoritative Translation: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
$24.93 Add to cartIn his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that… [more below]
- Author: Newton, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 616
- Publish Date: February 05 2016
- ISBN10: 520290747
- Language: English
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The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days
$32.50 Add to cartGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was the Benjamin Franklin of Europe, a “universal genius” who ranged across many fields and made breakthroughs in most of them. Leibniz invented calculus (indepen
- Author: Kempe, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1324093943
- Language: English
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The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes’ Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of
$19.00 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice: A vivid account of the generations-long dispute over Bayes’ rule, one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of applied mathematics and statistics
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- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0300188226
- Language: English
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The Mathematics Lover’s Companion: Masterpieces for Everyone
$18.00 Add to cartTwenty-three mathematical masterpieces for exploration and enlightenment
“A mind-broadening experience.”–Paul J. Campbell, Mathematics Magazine How can a shape have more than one dimension but fewer- Author: Scheinerman, Edward R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 030025539X
- Language: English
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Euclid’s Elements
$42.00 Add to cartThe classic Heath translation, in a completely new layout with plenty of space and generous margins. An affordable but sturdy sewn hardcover student and teacher edition in one volume, with minimal not… [more below]
- Author: Euclid, Au
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 529
- Publish Date: January 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1888009187
- Language: English
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Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers (100 Ponderables) Revised and Updated
$24.95 Add to cartREVISED AND UPDATED EDITION
Here is the essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the work of history’s greatest mathematicians. These include the te- Series: 100 Ponderables
- Author: Jackson, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1627951962
- Language: English
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Top 50 ACT Math Skills, Third Edition
$20.00 Add to cart- Author: Leaf, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 30 2021
- ISBN10: 126427484X
- Language: English
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A Divine Language: Learning Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus at the Edge of Old Age
$29.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“Wilkinson has accomplished something more moving and original, braiding his stumbling attempts to get better at math with his deepening awareness that ther- Author: Wilkinson, Alec
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1250168570
- Language: English
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Beautiful Geometry
$29.95 Read moreAn exquisite visual celebration of the 2,500-year history of geometry
If you’ve ever thought that mathematics and art don’t mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much- Author: Maor, Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0691175888
- Language: English
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The Bones: A Handy Where-To-Find-It Pocket Reference Companion to Euclid’s Elements
$12.95 Read moreA handy where-to-find-it pocket reference companion to Euclid’s Elements. Provides all the propositions and diagrams without the detailed proofs. Readers can use it to see the scope and structure of E… [more below]
- Author: Euclid Au
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 212
- Publish Date: October 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1888009217
- Language: English
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The Enneagram of G. I. Gurdjieff: Mathematics, Metaphysics, Music, and Meaning
$25.00 Read moreDr. Christian Wertenbaker was a practicing physician for forty years, with post-graduate training in neurology, ophthalmology, neuro-ophthalmology, and neurophysiology. Recently retired from active pr… [more below]
- Series: Codhill Press
- Author: Wertenbaker, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1930337949
- Language: English
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The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century
$44.95 Read moreA history of the relationship between art and geometry in the early modern period.
In The Polyhedrists, Noam Andrews unfolds a history of the relationship between art and geometry in early modern Euro- Author: Andrews, Noam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0262046644
- Language: English
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The Fractalist: Memoir of a Scientific Maverick
$21.00 Add to cartHere is the remarkable life story of Benoit Mandelbrot, the creator of fractal geometry, and his unparalleled contributions to science mathematics, the financial world, and the arts. Mandelbrot recoun
- Author: Mandelbrot, Benoit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 030738991X
- Language: English
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The USSR Olympiad Problem Book: Selected Problems and Theorems of Elementary Mathematics
$30.00 Read moreThis book contains 320 unconventional problems in algebra, arithmetic, elementary number theory, and trigonometry. Most of the problems first appeared in competitive examinations sponsored by the Scho… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Shklarsky, D. O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 28 1993
- ISBN10: 0486277097
- Language: English
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Mage Merlin’s Unsolved Mathematical Mysteries
$16.95 Read moreSixteen of today’s greatest unsolved mathematical puzzles in a story-driven, illustrated volume that invites readers to peek over the edge of the unknown.
Most people think of mathematics as a set of- Author: Devadoss, Satyan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 0262542757
- Language: English
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The Joy of Mathematics: Discovering Mathematics All Around You
$12.95 Read morePart of the joy of mathematics is that it is everywhere-in soap bubbles, electricity, da Vinci’s masterpieces, even in an ocean wave. Written by the well-known mathematics teacher consultant, this vol… [more below]
- Author: Pappas, Theoni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 23 1993
- ISBN10: 0933174659
- Language: English
