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  • Fünf unlösbare Rätsel der Mathematik

    Wie sich eine Wissenschaft selbst die Grenzen aufzeigt

    by Edmund Weitz ...
    Von 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 ... Read more

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  • The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days

    by Michael Kempe ...
    Translated by Marshall Yarbrough ...
    A biography of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) told through seven critical days spanning his life and revealing his contributions to our modern world.Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo da Vinci, Aristotle, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. These individuals share the venerable title of polymath—or, more colloquially, “Renaissance man.” Compared to his peers, though, Leibniz has all but ... Read more

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  • Beautiful Math

    The Surprisingly Simple Ideas behind the Digital Revolution in How We Live, Work, and Communicate

    From the bestselling author of Quantum Computing for Everyone, a concise, accessible, and elegant approach to mathematics that not only illustrates concepts but also conveys the surprising nature of the digital information age.Most of us know something about the grand theories of physics that transformed our views of the universe at the start of the twentieth century: quantum mechanics and general ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Einstein’s Tutor

    The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics

    by Lee Phillips ...
    The revelatory story of an intellectual giant who made foundational contributions to science and mathematics and persevered in the face of discrimination against women in science.Emmy Noether is one of the most important figures in the history of science and mathematics.Noether’s mathematical genius enabled Einstein to bring his General Theory of Relativity, the basis of our current theory of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • Math for English Majors

    A Human Take on the Universal Language

    by Ben Orlin ...
    If Mathematics had a Rosetta Stone…In this trailblazing work from the internet’s most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets behind the world’s most confounding language.Math, it is said, is the "universal language.” But if a language brings people together, why does math make so many of us feel so alone? In Math for English Majors, bestselling author Ben Orlin (Math with Bad ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • The Secret Lives of Numbers

    A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers

    A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories."A book to make you love math." —Financial TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong—warped like the sixteenth-century ... Read more

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  • Mathematical Puzzles

    Revised Edition

    by Peter Winkler ...
    Series series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
    Research in mathematics is much more than solving puzzles, but most people will agree that solving puzzles is not just fun: it helps focus the mind and increases one's armory of techniques for doing mathematics. ***Mathematical Puzzles***makes this connection explicit by isolating important mathematical methods, then using them to solve puzzles and prove a theorem.This Revised Edition has been ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

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  • Figurierte Zahlen

    Veranschaulichung als heuristische Strategie

    Dieses Buch behandelt die Visualisierung als Methode des mathematischen Problemlösens, Begründens und Beweisens: Konkrete Beispiele zur Veranschaulichung durch mathematische Figuren und Bilder bieten einen faszinierenden Einblick in das Argumentieren anhand strukturierter und strukturierender Figuren zur Betrachtung von Zahlen und Zahlenfolgen. Die historischen Wurzeln dieses mathematischen ... Read more

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  • Playing with Infinity

    Turtles, Patterns, and Pictures

    by Hans Zantema ...
    Series series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
    This is a book about infinity - specifically the infinity of numbers and sequences. Amazing properties arise, for instance, some kinds of infinity are argued to be greater than others. Along the way the author will demonstrate how infinity can be made to create beautiful ‘art’, guided by the development of underlying mathematics. This book will provide a fascinating read for anyone interested in ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

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  • L'économie de la pensée

    Series Book 5 - Feuilleton théorique
    Que signifie-t-on lorsqu’on affirme d’une idée qu’elle est valable, qu’elle a de la valeur? Cette opération de tous les jours procède nommément, en philosophie, de l’«économie de la pensée». Ce cinquième opuscule du feuilleton théorique «Les économies» recense cette fois les usages du mot «économie» dans le champ de la philosophie. Depuis Kant, mais surtout depuis les néokantiens qui ont médité ... Read more

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  • Perplexing Paradoxes

    Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us

    Why does it always seem like the elevator is going down when you need to go up? Is it really true that 0.99999 . . . with an infinite number of 9s after the decimal point, is equal to 1? What do tea leaves and river erosion have in common, per Albert Einstein? Does seeing a bed of red flowers help prove that all ravens are black? Can we make sense of a phrase like “this statement is unprovable” ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Summary of Perplexing Paradoxes

    Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us by George G. Szpiro

    You are Viewing a Summary of the Content from the book. " Perplexing Paradoxes: Unraveling Enigmas in the World Around Us by George G. Szpiro" The Contents of the Summary are not written to replace the Original book but rather to provide viewers with better understanding of the book in a more easy and comprehensive manner.Discover the fascinating world of decision-making with our delightful ... Read more

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  • Homage to Evangelista Torricelli’s Opera Geometrica 1644–2024

    Text, Transcription, Commentaries and Selected Essays as New Historical Insights

    Series Book 55 - Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
    Evangelista Torricelli exemplifies the use the moderns made of the ancients' mathematical methods. Celebrating Evangelista Torricelli's monumental Opera geometrica, this book marks 380 years since its publication (1644-2024). This homage to Torricelli introduces the magnificent major work in Mechanics and Mathematics of a brilliant Archimedean–and–Galilean scientist to modern readers.Opera ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • My Mathematical Life

    Yuan Wang in Conversation

    by Yuan Wang ...
    Series series Springer Biographies
    This book is an autobiographical interview with Chinese Academician Yuan Wang on his experience in mathematical research. The book looks back on Wang's collaboration with his teacher Hua Loo-Keng and younger scholars, offering insights into fruitful cooperation in mathematical research.In this book, Yuan Wang’s path of studying Goldbach conjecture is revealed in detail from motivation to method. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

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  • Искусство большего

    Series series Элементы 2.0
    От подсчета налогов до математического анализа, от архитектурных расчетов до выведения спутников на орбиту Земли — математика всегда определяла развитие человечества, от древних царств и до сегодняшнего дня. Но как шло это развитие? Сколько великих умов посвятили всю жизнь математике? Как именно математика и достижения гениев прошлого позволяли банкам наращивать свой капитал, а военачальникам — ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe

    Athanasius Kircher, the eminent 17th-century German Jesuit professor of mathematics at the Roman College emerges as a captivating figure within the pages of this monograph by Agustín Udías. Aptly deemed 'the man who knew everything,' Kircher's thirty-two comprehensive works, spanning an array of subjects, provide a unique lens into his visionary perspectives. This book delves into three selected ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • From Computational Logic to Computational Biology

    Essays Dedicated to Alfredo Ferro to Celebrate His Scientific Career

    Series Book 14070 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    Alfredo Ferro’s impact on information technology has traversed diverse domains, encompassing Computational Logic, Data Mining, Bioinformatics, and Complex Systems. After first studying Mathematics at the University of Catania, he received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from NYU in 1981, working under the supervision of Jacob Theodor (Jack) Schwartz. He returned to the University of Catania where he ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Human and Artificial Rationalities

    Second International Conference, HAR 2023, Paris, France, September 19–22, 2023, Proceedings

    Series Book 14522 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Human and Artificial Rationalities, HAR 2023, which took place in Paris, France, in September 2023.The 18 full and 5 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Human and artificial thinking; human thinking and ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Die Arbeit mit dem Radium

    Radioaktivitätsforschung 1896 -1914

    Series series Studien zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Medizin und Technik - Studies on the History of Sciences, Medicine and Technology
    Dieses Buch macht die überraschende Vielfalt der Personen und Tätigkeiten in der Radioaktivitätsforschung sichtbar. Dabei wird der Begriff der wissenschaftlichen Arbeit neu konzeptualisiert. Neben die Forschungsarbeit im Labor treten scheinbare Rand-, Neben- und Routinetätigkeiten, die für die Radioaktivitätsforschung als Disziplin von zentraler Bedeutung waren.Badeärzte, Industriechemiker und ... Read more

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  • Janusz Czelakowski on Logical Consequence

    Series Book 27 - Outstanding Contributions to Logic
    This book is dedicated to the life and work of logician Janusz Czelakowski on the topic of logical consequence. It consists of three parts – a biography, a survey and research sections. The volume begins with an autobiographic chapter by Janusz Czelakowski followed by a historical chapter written by Jacek Malinowski.The survey section forms the backbone of the volume with each chapter covering one ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Completely Regular Semigroup Varieties

    A Comprehensive Study with Modern Insights

    Series series Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics
    This book is a unified treatment of the most important core developments in the theory of completely regular semigroup theory as it stands today. This volume focuses on the lattice of varieties of completely regular semigroups. Since any in-depth study of the lattice of varieties requires an understanding of free completely regular semigroups, the book begins by describing the free object on ... Read more

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  • The New Mathematical Coloring Book

    Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators

    The New Mathematical Coloring Book (TNMCB) includes striking results of the past 15-year renaissance that produced new approaches, advances, and solutions to problems from the first edition. A large part of the new edition “Ask what your computer can do for you,” presents the recent breakthrough by Aubrey de Grey and works by Marijn Heule, Jaan Parts, Geoffrey Exoo, and Dan Ismailescu. TNMCB ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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  • Math in Drag

    by Kyne Santos ...
    Unleash your inner math diva.Join sensational drag queen Kyne Santos on an extraordinary journey through the glamorous world of . . . math?This sassy book is your VIP pass, taking you behind the scenes with a TikTok superstar who shatters stereotypes and proves that math can be fascinating and fun, even for people who think they aren't good at it.With her irreverent style and unique perspective, ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Waves in an Impossible Sea

    How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

    A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey—found in "no other book" (Science)—to discover how the universe generates everything from nothing at all: "If you want to know what's really going on in the realms of relativity and particle physics, read this book" (Sean Carroll, author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe).In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler ... Read more

    $19.99 USD