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Anyone interested in mathematics will appreciate this survey, which explores the distinction between the body of knowledge known as mathematics...

First published in 1982, this reissue contains a critical exposition of the views of Frege, Dedekind and Peano on the...

The famous articles, 1895–7, that founded a new branch of mathematics. Covers addition, multiplication and exponentiation of cardinal numbers, smallest...

Lively guide by a prominent historian focuses on the role of Euclid's Elements in subsequent mathematical developments. Elementary algebra and...

This book is not a conventional history of mathematics as such, a museum of documents and scientific curiosities. Instead, it identifies...

Originally published in 1919, this work on the philosophy of mathematics is both expensive and hard to find in its...

Mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art. And it is our mathematics that might...

One of the 20th century's foremost scholars surveys the role of mathematics in civilization, describing the main principles, methods, and...

This classic study notes the origin of a mathematical symbol, the competition it encountered, its spread among writers in different...

Praise for Hal HellmanGreat Feuds in Mathematics"Those who think that mathematicians are cold, mechanical proving machines will do well to...

This comprehensive study traces the historic development of division in extreme and mean ratio ("the golden number") from its first...

Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of...

Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and...

Examines various attempts to prove Euclid's parallel postulate — by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians. It considers forerunners and...

The enthralling biography of Robert Recorde, Tudor physician, mathematician, and learned savant. Author: Roberts, Gordon Publisher: English Language Illustr......

A Passion for Mathematics is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix...

In this engaging introduction, Constance Meinwald shows how Plato has shaped the landscape of Western philosophy. She provides much-needed historical...

Beginning with a sustained critique of the so-called 'end of philosophy', Badiou goes on to propose a new definition of...

Many illuminating and instructive examples of the applications of game theoretic models to problems in political science appear in this...

No mathematical background is necessary to appreciate this classic of probability theory, which remains unsurpassed in its clarity and readability....