History of mathematics Books

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  • Introductio in analysin infinitorum 2nd part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Introductio in analysin infinitorum 2nd part

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  • Institutiones calculi differentialis

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Institutiones calculi differentialis

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  • Institutiones calculi integralis 2nd part:

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Institutiones calculi integralis 2nd part:

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  • Institutiones calculi integralis 3rd part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Institutiones calculi integralis 3rd part

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam serierum

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

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  • Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium

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  • Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam aequationum

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  • Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Methodus inveniendi lineas curvas maximi minimive

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  • Commentationes geometricae 1st part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes geometricae 1st part

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  • Commentationes geometricae 2nd part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes geometricae 2nd part

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  • Commentationes geometricae 3rd part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes geometricae 3rd part

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  • Commentationes geometricae 4th part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes geometricae 4th part

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  • Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum ex

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum ex

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    £129.99

  • Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam motus

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam motus

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  • Mechanica corporum solidorum 2nd part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Mechanica corporum solidorum 2nd part

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    £129.99

  • Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam corporum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam corporum

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  • Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam corporum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam corporum

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  • Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam machinarum

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae ad theoriam machinarum

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  • Commentationes mechanicae et astronomicae ad

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae et astronomicae ad

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  • Theoria motuum lunae nova methodo pertractata

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Theoria motuum lunae nova methodo pertractata

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  • Sol et luna II

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Sol et luna II

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    Book SynopsisThis volume, together with Volumes 22 and 23 of the same series, contains Euler's contributions to the theory of the movement of the sun and especially of the moon. Time and again Euler worked on the program of applying Newton's principles of mechanics to improve our unterstanding of the movement of the celestial bodies. Euler's monumental "Theoria motuum Lunae nova methodo pertractata" of 1772 (his "Second Theory of the Moon") forms Volume 22, whereas Volume 23 mainly contains his early Astronomical Tables and his "First Theory of the Moon" of 1753. In the present volume the reader will find early papers by Euler pertaining to the preparation of his Astronomical Tables, a series of articles written between his two Theories of the Moon, and finally three substantial essays closely related to his "Second Theory of the Moon". The texts are reprinted in the original language most commonly French or Latin.

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  • Commentationes astronomicae ad praecessionem et

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes astronomicae ad praecessionem et

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  • Commentationes astronomicae ad praecessionem et

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes astronomicae ad praecessionem et

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  • Commentationes mechanicae et astronomicae ad

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes mechanicae et astronomicae ad

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    Book SynopsisThis volume concludes the second series of Leonhard Euler's Opera Omnia. It contains Euler's contributions to cosmic physics. Most substantial is the Essay on the Tide, which shared the prize awarded by the Paris Academy of Science in 1740. Other topics are the constitution of the atmosphere, ocean currents and winds, comets, the resistance of the aether, the lunar atmosphere, and the shape of the earth. The papers collected in this volume span a period from 1727 to 1775. They show Euler's lasting interest in questions of cosmic physics.

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  • Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes opticae 1

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  • Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne 1st part

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne 1st part

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  • Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam

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    Book SynopsisDer Band enthält einen Teil der Abhandlungen Eulers zur Störungstheorie. Er ist der zweite von drei diesem Thema gewidmeten Bänden. Gegenstand der Untersuchungen ist die Beschreibung der Bewegung eines Himmelskörpers um ein Zentralgestirn unter Berücksichtigung der von weiteren Himmelskörpern auf ihn wirkenden Gravitationskräfte. Als Beispiel sei die gravitative Wirkung der Venus auf die Erdbahn erwähnt.Von grosser praktischer Bedeutung, insbesondere für die Navigation auf See, war die Untersuchung des Einflusses der Sonne auf die Mondbewegung. Mit diesem Thema beschäftigte Euler sich zeit seines Lebens.Trade Review“... In den Band 2 dieses Werkes wurden Kommentare zu 18 Schriften Eulers sowie deutschsprachige Paraphrasierungen der lateinischen bzw. französischsprachigen Texte integriert. ... Wie in den neueren Bänden der Euler-Ausgabe üblich, wird auch in diesem Band ein sehr hohes Niveau hinsichtlich der Editionstechnik zugrunde gelegt. ... Die in der Series 2 der Opera Omnia noch fehlenden Abhandlungen Eulers zur Störungstheorie waren eine sehr empfindliche Lücke, die zu schließen mit dem vorliegenden Band XXVI begonnen wurde ...” (Karin Reich, in: Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert, Jg. 44, Heft 2, 2020)Table of ContentsVorwort.- Editionstechnische Hinweise.- Kommentare zu den Abhandlungen.- Index.- Abhandlungen Eulers.- Abkürzungen.- In diesem Band zitierte Abhandlungen Eulers.- Bibliographie.- Index nominum.

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  • Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Commentationes astronomicae ad theoriam

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    Book SynopsisDer Band enthält einen Teil der Abhandlungen Eulers zur Störungstheorie. Er ist der letzte von drei diesem Thema gewidmeten Bänden. Gegenstand der Untersuchungen ist das Dreikörperproblem, das heisst die Beschreibung der Bewegung eines Himmelskörpers um ein Zentralgestirn unter Berücksichtigung der Störung durch einen weiteren Himmelskörper.Dieses Problem behandelt Euler in einigen der vorliegenden Abhandlungen nicht nur für Massenpunkte, sondern erstmals auch für ausgedehnte Himmelskörper. Die so verallgemeinerte Himmelsmechanik, die er als „mechanische Astronomie“ bezeichnete, prägte er massgebend. Dazu gehört unter anderem auch das Rotationsverhalten von Himmelskörpern unter dem Einfluss äusserer Gravitationskräfte, das er mit seinen berühmten Bewegungsgleichungen der Starrkörperrotation erfolgreich zu beschreiben vermochte.Table of ContentsVorwort.- Eulers Schriften zur Störungstheorie.- Editionstechnische Hinweise.- Kommentare zu den Abhandlungen.- Index.- Abhandlungen Eulers.- Abkürzungen.- In diesem Band zitierte Schriften Eulers.- Bibliographie.- Index nominum.

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    £199.99

  • Die Werke von Jakob Bernoulli: Bd. 2:

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Die Werke von Jakob Bernoulli: Bd. 2:

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    Book SynopsisCorrection to the text about C.S. Roero printed on the inside front cover page: Clara Silvia Roero began her research with Tullio Viola, full Professor of Analysis at Turin University. From 1987 to 2000 she was associate professor of Matematiche Complementari and of History of Mathematics at the University of Cagliari (1987-1990) and at the University of Turin (1990-2000). From 2000 she is full professor of History of Mathematics at Turin University, Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences. She is currently President of the Italian Society of History of Mathematics (Società Italiana di Storia delle Matematiche). She is author of several articles and books on the history of mathematics from antiquity to 20th century, in particular on the history of the Leibnizian Calculus; and she is a member of the editorial board of the Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche.

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  • Der Briefwechsel von Johann I Bernoulli: Band 3

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Der Briefwechsel von Johann I Bernoulli: Band 3

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    Book Synopsis Introduction.- Analyse et mécanique. Quelques questions abordées dans la correspondance.- Synopsis.- Briefe Lettres.- Bibliographie.Table of Contents— Introduction.- Analyse et mécanique. Quelques questions abordées dans la correspondance.- Synopsis.- Briefe — Lettres.- Bibliographie.

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    £109.80

  • The Apprenticeship of a Mathematician

    Birkhauser Verlag AG The Apprenticeship of a Mathematician

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    Book SynopsisFrom reviews: "Extremely readable... rare testimony of a period of the history of 20th century mathematics. Includes very interesting recollections on the author's participation in the formation of the Bourbaki Group, tells of his meetings and conversations with leading mathematicians, reflects his views on mathematics. The book describes an extraordinary career of an exceptional man and mathematicians. Strongly recommended to specialists as well as to the general public." --EMS Newsletter (1992)Table of ContentsI Growing Up.- II At the Ecole Normale.- III First Journeys, First Writings.- IV India.- V Strasbourg and Bourbaki.- VI The War and I: A Comic Opera in Six Acts.- Prelude.- Finnish Fugue.- Arctic Intermezzo.- Under Lock and Key.- Serving the Colors.- A Farewell to Arms.- VII The Americas; Epilogue.- Index of Names.

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  • Birkhauser Verlag AG Die Werke von Daniel Bernoulli: Band 8:

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    Book SynopsisThis second volume on technology is mainly devoted to three prize-winning memoirs, answering questions related to ship-building which were proposed by the French Académie Royale des Sciences in the years 1737, 1755, and 1757. The volume hosts two further items: a popularizing text on astronomy from 1723, and the theory of the spiral pump, a technical item from 1772. In the introductory part of the volume every memoir is analysed and extensively summarized, so the reader should obtain a clear view of the content in modern terms.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction.- Introductions to the contained original works.- Discours lû dans l'Assemblée.- Réfléxions sur la meilleure figure a donner aux Ancres....- Recherches sur la maniere la plus avantageuse....- Principes Hydrostatiques et Méchaniques....- Expositio theoretica singularis machinae hydraulicae tiguri Helvetiorum exstructae

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  • Leonhard Euler

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Leonhard Euler

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    Book SynopsisEuler was not only by far the most productive mathematician in the history of mankind, but also one of the greatest scholars of all time. He attained, like only a few scholars, a degree of popularity and fame which may well be compared with that of Galilei, Newton, or Einstein. Moreover he was a cosmopolitan in the truest sense of the word; he lived during his first twenty years in Basel, was active altogether for more than thirty years in Petersburg and for a quarter of a century in Berlin. Leonhard Euler’s unusually rich life and broadly diversified activity in the immediate vicinity of important personalities which have made history, may well justify an exposition. This book is based in part on unpublished sources and comes right out of the current research on Euler. It is entirely free of formulae as it has been written for a broad audience with interests in the history of culture and science.Trade ReviewThis is the only biography of Leonhard Euler currently available in English, and it would be worth having for that reason alone. (...) The book is a good introductory biography of Euler, and it is handsomely produced, with nice paper and lots of illustrations. It is a welcome addition to the literature on Euler. Fellmann has chosen to make this a non-technical biography. There are no mathematical details and no formulas. Short accounts of Euler's work are included, but few details are given. Even then, the sections that go into Euler's work are marked with asterisks so that readers who are not willing to delve into specifics can skip them. With non-technical readers in mind, Fellmann privileges those aspects of Euler's work that are more accessible, so his music theory gets much more attention than his work on elliptic integrals and his lunar theory and optics more than the geometry or number theory. —MAA ReviewsTable of ContentsBasel 1707–1727.- The first Petersburg period 1727–1741.- The Berlin period 1741–1766.- The second Petersburg period 1766–1783.- Epilogue.

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    £42.74

  • Leonhard Euler: Ein Mann, mit dem man rechnen

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Leonhard Euler: Ein Mann, mit dem man rechnen

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    Book SynopsisIn seinem Kopf stellte er die mathematische Welt auf den Kopf. Er berechnete Flüssigkeitsströmungen, das Trägheitsmoment, entwickelte die Variationsrechnung und die moderne Zahlentheorie. Als Wissenschaftler steht er auf einer Stufe mit Newton und Einstein. Konstrukteure in aller Welt arbeiten tagtäglich mit seinen Formeln – egal ob es um den Schiffsrumpf der "Alinghi" geht oder um die Schwingungen des "Viaduc de Millau", der Welt höchster Autobahnbrücke. Dabei war er ein Mensch, der bürgerliche Behaglichkeit und Ruhe liebte. Nicht ganz einfach zur Gründungszeit von St. Petersburg inmitten russischer Kaisermorde oder im Berlin zur Zeit der schlesischen Kriege. Und erst recht nicht inmitten einer grossen Kinderschar. Der Comic von Elena Pini (Graphik) und Alice und Andreas K. Heyne (Text) zeichnet das Leben des genialen Baslers nach, der vor 300 Jahren geboren wurde, mit zwanzig Jahren seine Heimatstadt verliess – und nie wieder zurückkehrte.Trade ReviewWie ein Film läuft das Leben Leonhard Eulers vor uns ab, witzig, aber faktentreu, mit Schwenks über die Schauplätze Riehen, St. Petersburg, Berlin. Von trockenen Formeln bleiben wir verschont, dafür sorgt die Turbulente Zeitgeschichte umso mehr für eine packende Story. (ProgrammZeitung) Die Zeichnungen sind prägnant, die Texte skurril, das Gesamtwerk fesselnd und unterhaltsam - sofern man sich ein wenig für das Leben des Protagonisten interessiert. Wer diese Voraussetzung mitbringt, bekommt ein leicht verdauliches Stückchen Wissenschaftsgeschichte serviert, eine Mathematiker-Biografie durch die Hintertür sozusagen. (...) Leonhard Euler, dem kinderreichen Kindskopf mit dem glasklarem Verstand, setzt dieser gelungene Comic pünktlich zu seinem runden Geburtstag ein Denkmal, das nicht nur Mathematiker zum Schmunzeln bringen dürfte. (www.dradio.de) Ein besonderer Reiz des Comics liegt darin, dass er diesen Lebensweg in die politische Geschichte Europas einbettet. Am originellsten und witzigsten sind die bissigen und treffenden Porträts der Herrschenden, allen voran ein reichlich unsympathischer Friedrich der Große, der vorwiegend mit den Schlesischen Kriegen beschäftigt ist. (…) Daneben ist der Comic randvoll mit Anspielungen auf Eulers Werk und die zeitgenössischen wissenschaftlichen Debatten: Gleicht die Erdform eher einem Kürbis oder einer Zitrone? Hatte nun Newton oder Leibniz zuerst die Infinitesimalrechnung erfunden? (…) Das alles ist fast immer sorgfältig recherchiert, gut ausgewählt und erfreut die Insider, bleibt aber für weniger Eingeweihte vielleicht etwas unverständlich. (…) Insgesamt liegt ein durchaus gelungener und kurzweiliger Comic vor, der weniger wissenschaftliche Inhalte transportiert. dafür aber umso mehr über den Kontext verrät, in dem diese produziert werden. Man sollte ihn zugleich als Aufforderung verstehen, sich in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte öfter dieses unkonventionellen Mediums zu bedienen. (Spektrum der Wissenschaft)

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  • Leonhard Euler: A Man to Be Reckoned With

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Leonhard Euler: A Man to Be Reckoned With

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    Book SynopsisHis ideas turned the mathematical world on its head. As a scientist he should be placed on the same level as Newton and Einstein. This account of Euler's life and livings is embedded in the great political developments of his time, particularly in Austria, Prussia and Russia. The comic by Elena Pini (illustrations) and Alice and Andreas K. Heyne (text) follows the life of the genius from Basel, who, born 300 years ago, would set out to change the scientific world. The book is completed by a short biography of Euler and relevant data of the most important politicians and contemporaries.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This is the wittiest biography of Euler I have ever read. The two authors of the text and the artist are extremely well acquainted with all aspects of Euler’s life. … It is the ideal gift for a mathematician and all those who like mathematics and are able to smile about the amiable human weaknesses of a mathematician.” (Eberhard Knobloch, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1179, 2010)“The authors and illustrator describe the most important moments from Euler’s live in Switzerland, Russia and Germany. They show his significant discoveries in fields as divers as analysis, algebra, geometry, topology, mechanics, optics, astronomy, geography etc. The book written like a modern comics is a remarkable and easily readable story and can be recommended to children, students and their teachers to attract their interest to mathematics and scientific research.” (Martina Bečvářová, Mathematica Bohemica, Issue 2, 2010)“This interesting and delightfully illustrated comic book describes and depicts the life of the mathematical genius, Leonhard Euler, in celebration of the 300th anniversary of his birthday. … The book is recommended for general, light reading, and is especially suitable for a school library … . for the scholar of the history of mathematics, or a mathematics student interested in some historical background, it will be a useful starting point.” (Michael de Villiers, The Mathematical Gazette, Vol. 94 (531), November, 2010)Table of ContentsLeonhard Euler - most important facts.- A Man to be Reckoned With.- Biography.- Politicians.- Contemporaries.

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    £14.50

  • Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its Role in Modern Mathematics

    Birkhauser Verlag AG Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its Role in Modern Mathematics

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    Book Synopsis"José Ferreirós has written a magisterial account of the history of set theory which is panoramic, balanced, and engaging. Not only does this book synthesize much previous work and provide fresh insights and points of view, but it also features a major innovation, a full-fledged treatment of the emergence of the set-theoretic approach in mathematics from the early nineteenth century." --Bulletin of Symbolic Logic (Review of first edition)Trade ReviewFrom the book reviews:“The book is a thorough, deep, fascinating work. It is not only recommended, it is compulsory for anyone interested in the history of mathematical ideas.” (László I. Szabó, Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum (Szeged), Vol. 75 (1-2), 2009)Table of ContentsThe Emergence of Sets within Mathematics.- Institutional and Intellectual Contexts in German Mathematics, 1800–1870.- A New Fundamental Notion: Riemann’s Manifolds.- Dedekind and the Set-theoretical Approach to Algebra.- The Real Number System.- Origins of the Theory of Point-Sets.- Entering the Labyrinth-Toward Abstract Set Theory.- The Notion of Cardinality and the Continuum Hypothesis.- Sets and Maps as a Foundation for Mathematics.- The Transfinite Ordinals and Cantor’s Mature Theory.- In Search of an Axiom System.- Diffusion, Crisis, and Bifurcation: 1890 to 1914.- Logic and Type Theory in the Interwar Period.- Consolidation of Axiomatic Set Theory.

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    £64.59

  • Universitatsverlag Winter Mathematik Und Astronomie Im Klassischen Altertum

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  • Philosophy of Mathematics: 5 Questions

    Vince Inc Press, VIP Philosophy of Mathematics: 5 Questions

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    £24.00

  • Le Geometrie della Visione: Scienza, Arte,

    Springer Verlag Le Geometrie della Visione: Scienza, Arte,

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    Book SynopsisPer la prima volta sono riuniti e didatticamente rielaborati a fondo in un manuale e in un CD i testi di base della geometria della visione. L'opera raccoglie i testi originali di Euclide (l'Ottica), Menelao (La Sferica), Alberti (De Pictura), Piero della Francesca (De Prospectiva Pingendi), che hanno dato origine al disegno prospettico rinascimentale e alla moderna geometria proiettiva. L'opera offre la possibilità di unire intuizione e ragionamento, costruendo un'immagine chiara dello sviluppo della matematica legata alla visione, dalle origini classiche, al rinascimento, alla moderna geometria proiettiva. Numerose schede e animazioni interattive facilitano l'intuizione degli argomenti, che sono comunque trattati con il massimo rigore e chiarezza, in una esposizione didatticamente molto efficace.Table of ContentsIntroduzione; Cap.I, Euclide: Dagli Elementi all'Ottica; Cap. II, La visione di oggetti uguali; Cap. III, La visione della profondità; Cap. IV, La prospettiva; Cap. V, Corrispondenze conformi e omotetie; Cap. VI, Piero della Francesca; Cap. VII, La geometria proiettiva; Appendice.

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  • Peeters Publishers Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient India -

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    Book SynopsisAlready in 1786, Sir William Jones, founder of the Asiatick Society in Calcutta, wrote "What their astronomical and mathematical writings contain, will not, I trust, remain long a secret: they are easily procured, and their importance cannot be doubted". Nevertheless, though India is nowadays a part of our daily media environment, its science, as ancient as Greek science, is still badly known and insufficiently included in history of science manuals. This book aims at helping to fill this gap by letting some of the best specialists in Indian astronomy and mathematics express themselves. They recount the evolution of these sciences, from the Aryabhatiya (6th century) to the works of the Keralese astronomers-mathematicians (13th-14th centuries), via treatises on prosody (14th century) and on astrolabe making produced since the same period. These treatises are described in association with the oldest Sanskrit astrolabe, preserved in Belgium. En 1786 deja, Sir William Jones, fondateur de l'Asiatick Society a Calcutta, ecrivait "Pour leurs ecrits astonomiques et mathematiques, je suis sur que leur contenu ne restera pas longtemps un secret: ils sont aisement disponibles, et leur importance ne fait aucun doute". Et pourtant, alors que l'Inde fait aujourd'hui partie de notre environnement mediatique quotidien, sa science, qui est au moins aussi ancienne que la science grecque, est toujours mal connue et trop peu integree dans les ouvrages d'histoire des sciences. Ce livre veut contribuer a combler cette lacune en donnant la parole a certains des meilleurs specialistes de l'astronomie et des mathematiques indiennes. Ceux-ci retracent l'evolution de ces sciences, depuis l'Aryabhatiya (VIe siecle) jusqu'aux travaux des astronomes mathematiciens keralais (XIII-XVIe siecles), en passant par des traites de prosodie (XIVe siecle) et de fabrication d'astrolabes composes depuis la meme epoque. Ces derniers traites sont decrits en association avec le plus ancien astrolabe sanskrit, conserve en Belgique.

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  • Peeters Publishers Mathématiques et Métaphysique dans la pensée de

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    Book SynopsisLes mathématiques constituent pour Nicolas de Cues (1401-1464) une discipline intellectuelle clé. Elles sont d’une part la manifestation la plus nette et la plus parfaite de la fécondité de la raison qui s’exprime en elles comme dans sa forme symbolique essentielle, et d’autre part elles constituent la porte d’entrée vers la métaphysique. Celle devrait en toute logique s’appeler d’ailleurs métamathématique plutôt que métaphysique, terme qui ressortit davantage à la tradition aristotélicienne à laquelle Nicolas de Cues préférait manifestement une filiation pythagoricienne et platonicienne. Les études rassemblées dans ce volume abordent différentes thématiques liées à ces deux axes : conception de l’espace géométrique, méthodes mathématiques concrètes pour aborder le problème de la quadrature du cercle, statut du point, méthode des proportions, approche mathématique de l’Un, mathématiques et doctrine trinitaire, et bien d’autres thématiques sont ici abordées et traitées par une équipe de spécialistes.

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    £69.00

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