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Writing the History of Mathematics - Its Historical Development
Joseph Warren Dauben
Paperback - $252.95
Writing the History of Mathematics provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written in ancient Greece to recent efforts in the 20th century. A special project of the International ...
Mathematics : The New Golden Age
Keith J. Devlin
Paperback - $54.95
A modern classic by an accomplished mathematician and best-selling author has been updated to encompass and explain the recent headline-making advances in the field in non-technical terms.
The Millennium Problems : The Seven Greatest Unsolved Mathematical Puzzles of Our Time
Keith J. Devlin
Paperback - $26.95
The definitive account of the Everests of mathematics--the seven unsolved problems that define the state of the art in contemporary math
A Mathematical Mystery Tour : Discovering the Truth and Beauty of the Cosmos
A. K. Dewdney
Hardcover - $53.95
Praise for A. K. Dewdney Yes, We Have No Neutrons "We need more books like this<->especially if they’ re this much fun to read." <->Wired "Dewdney manages to make this catalog of error entertaining as well as instructive; good medicine for both ...
A Mathematical Mystery Tour : Discovering the Truth and Beauty of the Cosmos
A. K. Dewdney
Paperback - $33.95
A fictional journey around the world in search of the solution to one of the greatest ancient mysteries of mathematics . . .
A Mathematical Mystery Tour
"Dewdney spins an absorbing narrative . . . an amenable introduction to a difficult s ...
100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics
Heinrich Dorrie
Paperback - $21.95
Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge and other greats, ready to challenge today's would-be problem solvers. Among them: How is a sundial constructed? How can you calculate the logarithm of a given number without the use ...
