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  • From Zero to Infinity

    What Makes Numbers Interesting

    by Constance Reid ...
    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. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Hilbert

    by Constance Reid ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Now in new trade paper editions, these classic biographies of two of the greatest 20th Century mathematicians are being released under the Copernicus imprint. These noteworthy accounts of the lives of David Hilbert and Richard Courant are closely related: Courant's story is, in many ways, seen as the sequel to the story of Hilbert. Originally published to great acclaim, both books explore the ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Courant

    by Constance Reid ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)

    $18.99 USD

  • A Long Way from Euclid

    by Constance Reid ...
    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    Mathematics has come a long way indeed in the last 2,000 years, and this guide to modern mathematics traces the fascinating path from Euclid's Elements to contemporary concepts. No background beyond elementary algebra and plane geometry is necessary to understand and appreciate author Constance Reid's simple, direct explanations of the arithmetic of the infinite, the paradoxes of point sets, the ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

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    A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

    by G. Polya ...
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    A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight.In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have ... Read more

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  • Maths in Minutes

    200 Key Concepts Explained In An Instant

    by Paul Glendinning ...
    Series series IN MINUTES
    Both simple and accessible, Maths in Minutes is a visually led introduction to 200 key mathematical ideas. Each concept is quick and easy to remember, described by means of an easy-to-understand picture and a maximum 200-word explanation. Concepts span all of the key areas of mathematics, including Fundamentals of Mathematics, Sets and Numbers, Geometry, Equations, Limits, Functions and Calculus, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • What Is Mathematics?:An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods

    by Richard Courant, Herbert Robbins, Ian Stewart ...
    For more than two thousand years a familiarity with mathematics has been regarded as an indispensable part of the intellectual equipment of every cultured person. Today, unfortunately, the traditional place of mathematics in education is in grave danger. The teaching and learning of mathematics has degenerated into the realm of rote memorization, the outcome of which leads to satisfactory formal ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Elliptic Tales

    Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

    by Avner Ash, Robert Gross ...
    A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics todayElliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics—the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem.The ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Schaum's Outline of Complex Variables, 2ed

    by Murray Spiegel, Seymour Lipschutz, John Schiller, Dennis Spellman ...
    The guide that helps students study faster, learn better, and get top gradesMore than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them study faster, learn better, and get top grades. Now Schaum's is better than ever-with a new look, a new format with hundreds of practice problems, and completely updated information to conform to the latest developments in every field of study.Fully ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Foundations of Geometry (Illustrated)

    by David Hilbert, PH. D. ...
    The Foundations of GeometryGeometry, like arithmetic, requires for its logical development only a small number of simple, fundamental principles. These fundamental principles are called the axioms of geometry. The choice of the axioms and the investigation of their relations to one another is a problem which, since the time of Euclid, has been discussed in numerous excellent memoirs to be found in ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Geometry

    by David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen, Jeremy J. Gray ...
    This richly illustrated and clearly written undergraduate textbook captures the excitement and beauty of geometry. The approach is that of Klein in his Erlangen programme: a geometry is a space together with a set of transformations of the space. The authors explore various geometries: affine, projective, inversive, hyperbolic and elliptic. In each case they carefully explain the key results and ... Read more

    $76.29 USD

  • Real Analysis

    A Historical Approach

    by Saul Stahl ...
    A provocative look at the tools and history of real analysisThis new edition of Real Analysis: A Historical Approach continues to serve as an interesting read for students of analysis. Combining historical coverage with a superb introductory treatment, this book helps readers easily make the transition from concrete to abstract ideas.The book begins with an exciting sampling of classic and famous ... Read more

    $127.00 USD