A few years ago, in the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, I came across a remarkable but then little-known album of pencil and watercolour portraits.
This clearly written and enlightening textbook provides a concise, introductory guide to the key mathematical concepts and techniques used by computer scientists.
From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can't be such a thing as a ';biggest number'.
- Following on from the 2000 edition of Jan De Witt's Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus, this book provides the accompanying translation of the second volume of Elementa Curvarum Linearum (Foundations of Curved Lines).
The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked.
This monograph explores the profound connections between architecture and mathematics through the works of Andrea Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Peter Eisenman.
This monograph explores the profound connections between architecture and mathematics through the works of Andrea Palladio, Le Corbusier, and Peter Eisenman.
This book presents a historical account of Felix Klein's "e;Comparative Reflections on Recent Research in Geometry"e; (1872), better known as his "e;Erlangen Program.
From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers that first appeared in 1955 and has been kept in print continuously ever since.
This book is a tribute to Paul Erd\H{o}s, the wandering mathematician once described as the "e;prince of problem solvers and the absolute monarch of problem posers.
Ein spannender Streifzug durch die Geschichte der MathematikVon der Antike bis zur Gegenwart: Der Mathematiker Edmund Weitz erzählt von fünf vielumrätselten Fehlstellen der Mathematik und zeigt, dass die Mathematik zwar nicht alle Probleme lösen kann, dass sie im scheinbaren Scheitern aber immer wieder zur Quelle neuer Erkenntnisse über die Welt wird – mathematisch ebenso wie philosophisch: Warum lässt sich die Fläche eines Kreises nicht exakt auf ein Quadrat übertragen?
Dieses essential stellt in kondensierter Form eine Neuinterpretation der Weierstraß'schen Konstruktion der reellen Zahlen vor: Ein vergleichsweise neuer Quellenfund lässt darauf schließen, dass der Weierstraß’sche Zahlbegriff bereits auf Mengenbegriffen basierte und somit sehr viel elementarer ist, als bislang angenommen wurde.
This book, which is aimed at general readers interested in maths as well as professional mathematicians, addresses numerous aspects of this spell-binding science.
In this charming memoir, a renowned mathematician and winner of the American Book Award traces his career in mathematics from early lessons in horse racing and the realities of life to his adventures on the lecture circuit.
Entre los libros de divulgación de las matemáticas hay unos pocos que, tomando como centro algún teorema relevante y complejo, dedican el texto completo a explicar su historia, presentar temas vecinos e incluso acercar una idea de la demostración.
