History & Philosophy
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Once Upon a Prime: The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature
$18.99 Add to cartA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“An absolute joy to read!” –Steven Levitt, New York Times bestse
“Wide-ranging and thoroughly winning.” –Jordan Ellenberg, The New York Times Book Review- Author: Hart, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1250850908
- 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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Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
$26.00 Add to cartIn 2010, the French mathematician C dric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof that he devised with his close collaborator Cl ment Mouhot
- Author: Villani, Cédric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 17 2016
- ISBN10: 0374536678
- 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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The Secret Lives of Numbers: Numerals and Their Peculiarities in Mathematics and Beyond
$24.95 Add to cartWe see numbers on automobile license plates, addresses, weather reports, and, of course, on our smartphones. Yet we look at these numbers for their role as descriptors, not as an entity in and unto t
- Author: Posamentier, Alfred S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 163388760X
- 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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Weird Math: A Teenage Genius and His Teacher Reveal the Strange Connections Between Math and Everyday Life
$27.00 Add to cartA teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics
Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Earth will I ever use- Author: Darling, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1541644786
- Language: English
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Symmetry
$18.95 Add to cartSymmetry is a classic study of symmetry in mathematics, the sciences, nature, and art from one of the twentieth century’s greatest mathematicians. Hermann Weyl explores the concept of symmetry beginni
- Series: Princeton Science Library #47
- Author: Weyl, Hermann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0691173257
- 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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The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 3: Volume 3
$30.00 Read moreThis is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time–the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Utilizing the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 250… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics #3
- Author: Euclid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 01 1956
- ISBN10: 0486600904
- 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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Fire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin’s ‘on the Concept of History’
$19.95 Add to cartThis illuminating study of Benjamin’s final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopher
Revolutionary critic of the philosophy of progress, nostalgic of the past yet dreaming of the futur- Author: Lowy, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1784786411
- 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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Lady Tasting Tea
$22.99 Add to cartAn insightful, revealing history of the magical mathematics that transformed our world. The Lady Tasting Tea is not a book of dry facts and figures, but the history of great individuals who dared to l
- Author: Salsburg, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0805071342
- Language: English
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A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System
$19.95 Add to cartOn October 16, 1843, Sir William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternions and, on the very same day, presented his breakthrough to the Royal Irish Academy. Meanwhile, in a less dramatic style, a German h
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Crowe, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 02 2011
- ISBN10: 0486679101
- Language: English
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The Golden Ratio: The Story of Phi, the World’s Most Astonishing Number
$20.00 Add to cartThroughout 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 tal… [more below]
- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 23 2003
- ISBN10: 0767908163
- Language: English
