History of Mathematics

The two works titled What Are and What Should the Numbers Be? (1888) and Continuity and Irrational Numbers (1872) are Dedekind's contributions to t...

Math's infinite mysteries unfold in this updated edition of the award-winning The Math Book. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient ant odome...

A marvelous compendium of mathematical symbols and their fascinating historiesGalileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathemat...

This collection of essays reflects the author's decades-long dedication to studying the interplay between mechanics and architecture. It explores h...

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensionssparking both controversy and discovery.    The s...

Since its introduction by Hans Reichenbach, many philosophers have claimed to refute the idea known as the common cause principle that any surpri...

A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and courtly worlds that shaped his earl...

This open access book provides a fresh perspective on analysis and synthesis across several areas of inquiry. The two operations form a primary bas...

Im Jahre 1727 ging der erst zwanzigjährige Leonhard Euler an die neu gegründete Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg, vermittelt durch sei...

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the contributions of Pythagoras to mathematics and philosophy, using them as a starti...

This book provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the contributions of Pythagoras to mathematics and philosophy, using them as a starti...

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (16461716) was the Benjamin Franklin of Europe, a universal genius who ranged across many fields and made breakthroughs i...

A forgotten episode of mathematical resistance reveals the rise of modern mathematics and its cornerstone, mathematical purity, as political phenom...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday...

This monograph traces the development of projective geometry from its Greek origins to the early 20th century. It covers Renaissance perspective st...

In MATH WITH BAD DRAWINGS, Ben Orlin answers math's three big questions: Why do I need to learn this? When am I ever going to use it? Why is it so ...

René Descartes: The Complete Correspondence in English Translation is the first complete English translation of the extant correspondence of the po...

In one of history's greatest experiments, a brilliant Greek, Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculated the distance around the earth to a few percent of th...

Currently, nonstandard analysis is barely considered in university teaching. The author argues that nonstandard analysis is valuable not only for t...

This book covers the history of kinematics from the Greeks to the 20th century. It shows that the subject has its roots in geometry, mechanics and ...

Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words offers the essential facts at your fingertips, satisfying your mathematical curiosity and helping you to understand th...

Unser heutiges Bild von Mathematik ist geprägt von der Entwicklung des Fachs auf unserem europäischen Kontinent. Andere Kulturen spielten und spiel...

If Mathematics had a Rosetta Stone...In this trailblazing work from the internet's most empathetic math teacher, Ben Orlin unravels the secrets beh...

Alexander Grothendieck is often considered one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century (if not all time), and his unique vision con...

This book celebrates the life and work of twelve mathematicians who were either born in Wales or who worked in Wales. When the Welsh national anthe...

Thomas Harriot (1560-1621) was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense. Navigational adviser and loyal friend to Sir Walter Ralegh, Harr...

Band VI der Hausdorff Edition enthält veröffentlichte Aufsätze sowie bislang unveröffentlichte Schriften und Notizen von Felix Hausdorff zur Erkenn...

Der Band 1A beginnt mit einem Vorwort zur Gesamtedition. Den Hauptteil des Bandes bilden Hausdorffs Arbeiten über geordnete Mengen aus den Jahren 1...

This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously r...

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday...