History of Mathematics

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 l...

This unique volume summarizes with a historical perspective several of the major scientific achievements of Ludwig Faddeev, with a foreword by Nobe...

In this book, Johnny Ball tells one of the most important stories in world history the story of mathematics. By introducing us to the major char...

The books in the Pythagoras In the Corner series follow the themes of the good, the bad and the ugly across a whole range of volumes. In Part O...

A foundational work on historical and social studies of quantificationWhat accounts for the prestige of quantitative methods? The usual answer is t...

How music has influenced mathematics, physics, and astronomy from ancient Greece to the twentieth centuryMusic is filled with mathematical elements...

This fascinating narrative history of math in America introduces readers to the diverse and vibrant people behind pivotal moments in the nation''s ...

When John Napier published his invention of logarithms in 1614 he was announcing one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics, and lo...

A fun, entertaining exploration of the ideas and people behind the growth of trigonometryTrigonometry has a reputation as a dry, difficult branch o...

Exploring more than seventy-five well-known paradoxes in mathematics, philosophy, physics, and the social sciences showing how reason and logic can...

Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, often known as the Principia, is one of the most important scientific works ever to have been writte...

The successful 30-Second series tackles numbers, with experts on maths and data demystifying the essential numerical topics. We know that we use nu...

Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself! Think of a number between one and ten...No, hang on, let's make this inter...

From rocket scientists to code breakers, discover the incredibly inspiring stories of more than 30 women who fought through the obstacles, shattere...

In this volume of a series of books, we look at the themes that affect everyone. Mathematics can be complicated and difficult to understand, and by...

Mathematics is a product of human culture which has developed along with our attempts to comprehend the world around us. In A Brief History of Math...

The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive foreru...

This biography of Hypatia the female philosopher and mathematician in Christian Egypt provides background on her work and her life as an elite woma...

Mathematics, like language, is a universal experience. Every society counts and is empowered by its ability to count and to measure. The mathematic...

Mathematics did not spring spontaneously into life, with rules set in stone for all time. Its story is closely linked with the problems of measurem...

A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TLS BOOK OF THE YEARAn exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world''A sparkling bo...

An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time The writing is vivid and the st...

The genesis of the digital idea and why it transformed civilizationA few short decades ago, we were informed by the smooth signals of analog televi...

This book constitutes the second volume of interviews with prominent mathematicians and mathematical scientists invited to the Institute for Mathem...

Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organized their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What...

Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a r...

The history of mathematics is filled with major breakthroughs resulting from solutions to recreational problems. Problems of interest to gamblers l...