History & Philosophy
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A History of Pi
$17.99 Add to cartThe history of pi, says the author, though a small part of the history of mathematics, is nevertheless a mirror of the history of man. Petr Beckmann holds up this mirror, giving the background of the
- Author: Beckmann, Petr
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 15 1976
- ISBN10: 0312381859
- Language: English
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The Enjoyment of Math
$19.95 Add to cartThe classic book that shares the enjoyment of mathematics with readers of all skill levels
What is so special about the number 30? Do the prime numbers go on forever? Are there more whole numbers than- Series: Princeton Science Library #131
- Author: Rademacher, Hans
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0691241546
- Language: English
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Bernoulli’s Fallacy: Statistical Illogic and the Crisis of Modern Science
$37.95 Add to cartThere is a logical flaw in the statistical methods used across experimental science. This fault is not a minor academic quibble: it underlies a reproducibility crisis now threatening entire discipline
- Author: Clayton, Aubrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0231199945
- Language: English
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A Mathematician’s Apology (Canto Classics)
$17.99 Add to cartG. H. Hardy was one of this century’s finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a ‘real mathematician … the purest of the pure’. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his F… [more below]
- Series: Canto
- Author: Hardy, G. H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: March 26 2012
- ISBN10: 110760463X
- Language: English
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The Past is a Foreign Country – Revisited
$39.00 Add to cartThe past remains essential – and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man’s attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest… [more below]
- Author: Lowenthal, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 676
- Publish Date: October 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0521616859
- Language: English
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Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful and Romantic
$23.95 Add to cartTen amazing curves personally selected by one of today’s most important math writers
Curves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by- Author: Havil, Julian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0691206139
- Language: English
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Beyond Infinity: An Expedition to the Outer Limits of Mathematics
$19.99 Read moreHow one powerful concept reveals the biggest (and smallest) mathematical truths
How big is the universe? How many numbers are there? And is infinity + 1 is the same as 1 + infinity? Such questions oc- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1541644131
- Language: English
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth
$19.99 Add to cart“A funny, marvelously readable portrait of one of the most brilliant and eccentric men in history.” —The Seattle Times
Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wand- Author: Hoffman, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 12 1999
- ISBN10: 0786884061
- Language: English
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The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 1: Volume 1
$30.00 Add to cartThis is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time — the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Using the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2,500… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics #1
- Author: Euclid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 01 1956
- ISBN10: 0486600882
- Language: English
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Is God a Mathematician?
$20.00 Add to cartBestselling author and astrophysicist Mario Livio examines the lives and theories of history’s greatest mathematicians to ask how–if mathematics is an abstract construction of the human mind–it can … [more below]
- Author: Livio, Mario
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 19 2010
- ISBN10: 0743294068
- Language: English
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More Numbers Every Day: How Data, Stats, and Figures Control Our Lives and How to Set Ourselves Free
$28.00 Read moreYour personal number detox: learn how numbers have taken control of your life–and how to get it back.
How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? How many frien- Author: Dahlen, Micael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0306830841
- Language: English
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The Principia: The Authoritative Translation and Guide: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
$43.68 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: 992
- Publish Date: February 05 2016
- ISBN10: 0520290887
- Language: English
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McGraw-Hill Education Math Grade 4, Second Edition
$15.00 Add to cartAll the Math Your 4th Grader Needs to Succeed
This book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly,
- Author: McGraw Hill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1260019861
- Language: English
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McGraw-Hill Education Math Grade 5, Second Edition
$15.00 Add to cartAll the Math Your 5th Grader Needs to Succeed
This book will help your elementary school student develop the math skills needed to succeed in the classroom and on standardized tests. The user-friendly,
- Author: McGraw Hill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 03 2017
- ISBN10: 1260019829
- Language: English
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Elliptic Tales: Curves, Counting, and Number Theory
$16.95 Add to cartA look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics today
Elliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in- Author: Ash, Avner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 19 2014
- ISBN10: 0691163502
- Language: English
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Number Theory: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartNumber theory is the branch of mathematics that is primarily concerned with the counting numbers. Of particular importance are the prime numbers, the ‘building blocks’ of our number system. The subjec… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wilson, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198798091
- Language: English
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99 Variations on a Proof
$21.95 Add to cartAn exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theorem
This book offers a multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem- Author: Ording, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218978
- Language: English
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Fermat’s Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem
$19.00 Add to cartxn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, …no solution
“I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.” With these words, the seven- Author: Singh, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0385493622
- Language: English
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The Magic of Math: Solving for X and Figuring Out Why
$19.99 Add to cartThe world’s greatest mental mathematical magician takes us on a spellbinding journey through the wonders of numbers (and more)
“Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature’s numbers d- Author: Benjamin, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 06 2016
- ISBN10: 465096212
- Language: English
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Mathematics + Art: A Cultural History
$69.95 Read moreA cultural history of the links between mathematics and art, from antiquity to today
This is a cultural history of mathematics and art, from antiquity to the present. Mathematicians and artists have l- Author: Gamwell, Lynn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0691165289
- Language: English
