The Wilderness of the Infinite explores the emergence in the Latinate thirteenth century of original approaches to mathematical infinity and to unequal infinities.
The Wilderness of the Infinite explores the emergence in the Latinate thirteenth century of original approaches to mathematical infinity and to unequal infinities.
This book is a history of the development of mathematical astronomy in China, from the late third century BCE, to the early 3rd century CE - a period often referred to as 'early imperial China'.
An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquityEuclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar names to many of us, and their contributions have shaped mathematical practice up to modern times.
A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people behind the growth of trigonometryTrigonometry has a reputation as a dry, difficult branch of mathematics, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation.
An exploration of one of the most celebrated and well-known theorems in mathematicsBy any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics.
Ten amazing curves personally selected by one of today's most important math writersCurves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected by Julian Havil for their significance, mathematical interest, and beauty.
A captivating account of how a one-time mathematician cracked a two-thousand-year-old problem and rediscovered the joys of mathematics in the processMaster Sun's problemfirst posed by Sun Bin, a Chinese military strategist and supposed descendent of Sun Tzu, the legendary author of The Art of Waris an ancient strategy question whose elegant simplicity conceals a fiendishly difficult mathematical puzzle.
A captivating account of how a one-time mathematician cracked a two-thousand-year-old problem and rediscovered the joys of mathematics in the processMaster Sun's problemfirst posed by Sun Bin, a Chinese military strategist and supposed descendent of Sun Tzu, the legendary author of The Art of Waris an ancient strategy question whose elegant simplicity conceals a fiendishly difficult mathematical puzzle.
The Music of the Divine Spheres is a rediscovery of ancient knowledge -- lost to humanity several millennia ago -- about our consciousness, its levels, and the laws of transition between those levels that elevate our mind.
2023 SMN Book Prize Winner - Significant Contribution to its FieldThe Algorithm of Creationis the last of Nicholas Hagger's quartet on the unity of the universe and humankind, and follows The Universe and the Light (1993), The One and the Many (1999) and The New Philosophy of Universalism (2009).
Dyma gyfrol sy’n croniclo bywyd a gwaith Griffith Davies (1788–1855), o’i blentyndod tlawd yn ardal chwareli Arfon i’w waith fel sefydlydd ysgolion mathemateg yn Llundain cyn gosod sylfaen i’r proffesiwn actiwari.
Dyma gyfrol sy’n croniclo bywyd a gwaith Griffith Davies (1788–1855), o’i blentyndod tlawd yn ardal chwareli Arfon i’w waith fel sefydlydd ysgolion mathemateg yn Llundain cyn gosod sylfaen i’r proffesiwn actiwari.
Este libro singular y extraordinario descubre y recopila los principales textos originales de los matemáticos de la Antigüedad griega y romana, normalmente inaccesibles o dispersos, que de forma habitual han llegado hasta nosotros contados o expuestos siempre de quinta o sexta mano y como premisa.
This volume is the first English edition, with commentaries and introductory material, of the writings on spherical geometry by Leonhard Euler, Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Johann Heinrich Lambert.
This volume is the first English edition, with commentaries and introductory material, of the writings on spherical geometry by Leonhard Euler, Joseph-Louis Lagrange and Johann Heinrich Lambert.
This book presents new editions and investigations of 114 Babylonian planetary tables: cuneiform tablets inscribed with computed dates, positions, and other data for the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematicsTales of Impossibility recounts the intriguing story of the renowned problems of antiquity, four of the most famous and studied questions in the history of mathematics.
Numerical analysts and computer operators in all fields will welcome this publication in book form of Cecil Hastings' well-known approximations for digital computers, formerly issued in loose sheets and available only to a limited number of specialists.
The central theme of these essays is the nature and role of mathematics, its growth and spread, and its involvement with ever-wider areas of knowledge.
One of the most prominent mathematicians of the twentieth century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a rigorous theory of infinitesimals that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics.
The traditional debate among philosophers of mathematics is whether there is an external mathematical reality, something out there to be discovered, or whether mathematics is the product of the human mind.
The traditional debate among philosophers of mathematics is whether there is an external mathematical reality, something out there to be discovered, or whether mathematics is the product of the human mind.
