History of mathematics

This book is about modern algebraic geometry.

This volume, originally published in China and translated into four other languages, presents a fascinating and unique account of the history of mathematics, divided into eight chronologically organized chapters.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

This is a collection of surveys on important mathematical ideas, their origin, their evolution and their impact in current research.

Charles Francois Sturm was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 29, 1803.

Discover how zeta and L-functions have shaped the development of major parts of mathematics over the past two centuries.

Many of the best researchers and writers in discrete mathematics come together in a volume inspired by Ron Graham.

The information age owes its existence to a little-known but crucial development, the theoretical study of logic and the foundations of mathematics.

A book that finally demystifies Newton's experiments in alchemyWhen Isaac Newton's alchemical papers surfaced at a Sotheby's auction in 1936, the quantity and seeming incoherence of the manuscripts were shocking.

Volume 5 has three parts, dealing with General Relativity, Epistemological Issues, and Quantum Mechanics.

In 1821, Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857) published a textbook, the Cours d'analyse, to accompany his course in analysis at the Ecole Polytechnique.

This volume contains the texts and translations of two Arabic treatises on magic squares, which are undoubtedly the most important testimonies on the early history of that science.

In this book the author presents a comprehensive study of Diophantos' monumental work known as Arithmetika, a highly acclaimed and unique set of books within the known Greek mathematical corpus.

Was ist Mathematik?

An exquisite visual celebration of the 2,500-year history of geometryIf you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind.

Dieses Werk gibt einen Überblick über die Geschichte des Zählens, sowohl in mathematischen oder philosophischen als auch soziokulturellen Zusammenhängen.

Mathematical Logic is a collection of the works of one of the leading figures in 20th-century science.

The book describes two stages in the historical development of the notion of mathematical structures: first, it traces its rise in the context of algebra from the mid-nineteenth century to its consolidation by 1930, and then it considers several attempts to formulate elaborate theories after 1930 aimed at elucidating, from a purely mathematical perspective, the precise meaning of this idea.

This book offers an accessible and in-depth look at some of the most important episodes of two thousand years of mathematical history.

This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools.

This biography explores the life and career of the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, which is also the story of thirty years that transformed physics and forever changed our understanding of matter and the universe: nuclear physics and elementary particle physics were born, nuclear fission was discovered, the Manhattan Project was developed, the atomic bombs were dropped, and the era of "e;big science"e; began.

The book, divided into two major parts, discusses the evolution of the concept and symbols of zero and the history of pi.

This volume contains research papers in mathematical logic, particularly in model theory and its applications to algebra and formal theories of arithmetic.

La varietà e l’interesse dei contributi alla Lettera Matematica Pristem hanno spinto i curatori, d’accordo con il comitato di redazione, a proporre in questa raccolta alcuni articoli apparsi sulla rivista dalla sua fondazione ad oggi.

In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a man Thomas Jefferson once called a "e;meteor in the hemisphere.

This first volume of two presents classical and modern arithmetic equivalents to the Riemann hypothesis.

Everything you need to know about 100 key mathematical concepts condensed into easy-to-understand sound bites designed to stick in your memory and give you an instant grasp of the concept.

While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail.

Fifty years ago when Jacques Hadamard set out to explore how mathematicians invent new ideas, he considered the creative experiences of some of the greatest thinkers of his generation, such as George Polya, Claude Levi-Strauss, and Albert Einstein.

This Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practice it.

The Theory of the Top: Volume III.

While most texts on real analysis are content to assume the real numbers, or to treat them only briefly, this text makes a serious study of the real number system and the issues it brings to light.

"e;The Illuminated Mind of Avicenna"e; by Yasmin F.

Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us.

The Poincar Conjecture tells the story behind one of the world s most confounding mathematical theories.

How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true?

How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true?

Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician.

In »Winterträume in der kleinen Buchhandlung« weckt SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Jenny Colgan Weihnachtsstimmung mit einer atmosphärischen Geschichte voller Bücherzauber, Wintermagie und Herzenswärme.

MATHEMATICAL FOOTPRINTS takes a creative look at the role mathematics has played since prehistoric times, and will play in the future, and uncovers mathematics where you least expect to find it from its many uses in medicine, the sciences, and its appearance in art to its patterns in nature and its central role in the development of computers.

**The First Ever Maths Book to be a No.

Through Euclid's Window, Leonard Mlondinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace.

This compact, well-written history — first published in 1948, and now in its fourth revised edition — describes the main trends in the development of all fields of mathematics from the first available records to the middle of the 20th century.