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Cours D'analyse De L'ecole Polytechnique, Volume 1... - Primary Source Edition (French, Paperback): Camille Jordan Cours D'analyse De L'ecole Polytechnique, Volume 1... - Primary Source Edition (French, Paperback)
Camille Jordan
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Cours D'analyse De L'ecole Polytechnique, Volume 1; Cours D'analyse De L'ecole Polytechnique; Camille Jordan 2 Camille Jordan s.n., 1893 Calculus; Calculus of variations; Curves, Plane; Differential equations; Functions; Mathematical analysis; Series, Infinite

Essai Sur l'Histoire Generale Des Mathematiques. Tome 2 (Ed.1802) (French, Paperback, 1802 ed.): Charles Bossut Essai Sur l'Histoire Generale Des Mathematiques. Tome 2 (Ed.1802) (French, Paperback, 1802 ed.)
Charles Bossut
R870 Discovery Miles 8 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Essai Sur l'Histoire Generale Des Mathematiques. Tome 1 (Ed.1802) (French, Paperback, 1802 ed.): Charles Bossut Essai Sur l'Histoire Generale Des Mathematiques. Tome 1 (Ed.1802) (French, Paperback, 1802 ed.)
Charles Bossut
R842 Discovery Miles 8 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blaise Pascal (Ed.1891) (French, Paperback, 1891 ed.): Joseph Bertrand Blaise Pascal (Ed.1891) (French, Paperback, 1891 ed.)
Joseph Bertrand
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
C. G. J. Jacobi's Gesammelte Werke. Band 6 (Ed.1881-1891) (French, Paperback): Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi C. G. J. Jacobi's Gesammelte Werke. Band 6 (Ed.1881-1891) (French, Paperback)
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
R875 Discovery Miles 8 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria, in Qua, Ex Arithmeticae Fundamentis, (Ed.1666) (French, Paperback, 1666 ed.): Gottfried... Dissertatio de Arte Combinatoria, in Qua, Ex Arithmeticae Fundamentis, (Ed.1666) (French, Paperback, 1666 ed.)
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
R424 Discovery Miles 4 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Mathematical Thinking: How To Develop It In The Classroom (Paperback): Shigeo Katagiri, Masami Isoda Mathematical Thinking: How To Develop It In The Classroom (Paperback)
Shigeo Katagiri, Masami Isoda
R1,279 Discovery Miles 12 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Developing mathematical thinking is one of major aims of mathematics education. In mathematics education research, there are a number of researches which describe what it is and how we can observe in experimental research. However, teachers have difficulties developing it in the classrooms.

This book is the result of lesson studies over the past 50 years. It describes three perspectives of mathematical thinking: Mathematical Attitude (Minds set), Mathematical Methods in General and Mathematical Ideas with Content and explains how to develop them in the classroom with illuminating examples.

Bayes's Theorem (Paperback): Richard Swinburne Bayes's Theorem (Paperback)
Richard Swinburne
R961 Discovery Miles 9 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Bayes's theorem is a tool for assessing how probable evidence makes some hypothesis. The papers in this volume consider the worth and applicability of the theorem. Richard Swinburne sets out the philosophical issues. Elliott Sober argues that there are other criteria for assessing hypotheses. Colin Howson, Philip Dawid and John Earman consider how the theorem can be used in statistical science, in weighing evidence in criminal trials, and in assessing evidence for the occurrence of miracles. David Miller argues for the worth of the probability calculus as a tool for measuring propensities in nature rather than the strength of evidence. The volume ends with the original paper containing the theorem, presented to the Royal Society in 1763.

The Knowable and the Unknowable - Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought and the Two Cultures (Paperback): Arkady Plotnitsky The Knowable and the Unknowable - Modern Science, Nonclassical Thought and the Two Cultures (Paperback)
Arkady Plotnitsky
R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book investigates the relationships between modern mathematics and science (in particular, quantum mechanics) and the mode of theorizing that Arkady Plotnitsky defines as "nonclassical" and identifies in the work of Bohr, Heisenberg, Lacan, and Derrida. Plotinsky argues that their scientific and philosophical works radically redefined the nature and scope of our knowledge. Building upon their ideas, the book finds a new, nonclassical character in the "dream of great interconnections" Bohr described, thereby engaging with recent debates about the "two cultures" (the humanities and the sciences).
Plotnitsky highlights those points at which the known gives way to the unknown (and unknowable). These points are significant, he argues, because they push the boundaries of thought and challenge the boundaries of disciplinarity. One of the book's most interesting observations is that key figures in science, in order to push toward a framing of the unknown, actually retreated into a conservative disciplinarity. Plotnitsky's informed, interdisciplinary approach is more productive than the disparaging attacks on postmodernism or scientism that have hitherto characterized this discourse.
Arkady Plotnitsky is Professor of English and Director, Theory and Cultural Studies Program, Purdue University. Trained in both mathematics and literary theory, he is author of several books, including "In the Shadow of Hegel: Complementarity, History and the Unconscious" and "Reconfigurations: Critical Theory and General Economy."

A History of the Circle - Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe (Paperback, New edition): Ernest Zebrowski A History of the Circle - Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe (Paperback, New edition)
Ernest Zebrowski
R1,213 Discovery Miles 12 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"I found the book to be fascinating, and the author's presentations and illustrations of the contrasts bewtween mathematical reasoning and scientific reasoning were especially appealing. The book is rich in history, which is carefully integrated into the discussions, and it includes wonderful illustrations and stories." --The Mathematics Teacher "Zebrowski is a wonderful storyteller, and his choices of topics reveal not only the depth of explanation afforded by the available mathematics but the beauty in the explanations; he succeeds in keeping the explanations accessible to the most general audience." --Choice The concept of the circle is ubiquitous. It can be described mathematically, represented physically, and employed technologically. The circle is an elegant, abstract form that has been transformed by humans into tangible, practical forms to make our lives easier. And yet no one has ever discovered a true mathematical circle. Rainbows are fuzzy, car tires are flat on the bottom, and even the most precise roller bearings have measurable irregularities. Ernest Zebrowski, Jr., discusses how investigations into the circle have contributed enormously to our current knowledge of the physical universe. Beginning with the ancient mathematicians and culminating in twentieth-century theories of space and time, the mathematics of the circle has pointed many investigators in fruitful directions in their quests to unravel nature's secrets. Johannes Kepler, for example, triggered a scientific revolution in 1609 when he challenged the conception of the earth's circular motion around the sun. Arab and European builders instigated a golden age of mosque and cathedral building when they questioned the Roman structural arches that were limited to geometrical semicircles. Throughout his book, Zebrowski emphasizes the concepts underlying these mathematicians' calculations, and how these concepts are linked to real-life examples. Substantiated by easy-to-follow mathematical reasoning and clear illustrations, this accessible book presents a novel and interesting discussion of the circle in technology, culture, history, and science. Ernest Zebrowski, Jr., hold professorships in science and mathematics education at Southern University in Baton Rouge, and in physics at Pennsylvania College of Technology of the Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters and The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives.

From Brouwer to Hilbert (Paperback, New): Mancosu From Brouwer to Hilbert (Paperback, New)
Mancosu
R3,238 Discovery Miles 32 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most contemporary work in the foundations of mathematics takes its start from the groundbreaking contributions of, among others, Hilbert, Brouwer, Bernays, and Weyl. This book offers an introduction to the debate on the foundations of mathematics during the 1920s and presents the English reader with a selection of twenty five articles central to the debate which have not been previously translated. It is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate courses in the philosophy of mathematics.

Reality Rules 2 Vol Set (Paperback, Volumes 1 - 2): J. L Casti Reality Rules 2 Vol Set (Paperback, Volumes 1 - 2)
J. L Casti
R5,991 Discovery Miles 59 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This Set contains: Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 1, The Fundamentals by John Casti; Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 2, The Frontier by John Casti

The Use of Numbers and Quantifications in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions (Paperback): Marco De Odorico The Use of Numbers and Quantifications in the Assyrian Royal Inscriptions (Paperback)
Marco De Odorico
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium pertinentes 3rd part (Hardcover, 1932 ed.): Leonhard Euler Commentationes analyticae ad theoriam integralium pertinentes 3rd part (Hardcover, 1932 ed.)
Leonhard Euler; Edited by Alexandr Mikhailovich Liapounoff, Adolf Krazer, George Stanley Faber
R3,702 Discovery Miles 37 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Lacanian Realism - Political and Clinical Psychoanalysis (Paperback): Duane Rousselle Lacanian Realism - Political and Clinical Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
Duane Rousselle
R1,424 Discovery Miles 14 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Alain Badiou has claimed that Quentin Meillassoux's book After Finitude (Bloomsbury, 2008) "opened up a new path in the history of philosophy." And so, whether you agree or disagree with the speculative realism movement, it has to be addressed. Lacanian Realism does just that. This book reconstructs Lacanian dogma from the ground up: first, by unearthing a new reading of the Lacanian category of the real; second, by demonstrating the political and cultural ingenuity of Lacan's concept of the real, and by positioning this against the more reductive analyses of the concept by Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, Saul Newman, Todd May, Joan Copjec, Jacques Ranciere, and others, and; third, by arguing that the subject exists intimately within the real. Lacanian Realism is an imaginative and timely exploration of the relationship between Lacanian psychoanalysis and contemporary continental philosophy.

Opposition and Paradoxes - Philosophical Perplexities in Science and Mathematics (Paperback): John L. Bell Opposition and Paradoxes - Philosophical Perplexities in Science and Mathematics (Paperback)
John L. Bell
R1,220 Discovery Miles 12 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since antiquity, opposed concepts such a s t he One and the Many, the Finite and the Infinite, and the Absolute and the Relative, have been a driving force in philosophical, scientific, and mathematical thought. Yet they have also given rise to perplexing problems and conceptual paradoxes which continue to haunt scientists and philosophers. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell explains and investigates the paradoxes and puzzles that arise out of conceptual oppositions in physics and mathematics. In the process, Bell not only motivates abstract conceptual thinking about the paradoxes at issue, he also offers a compelling introduction to central ideas in such otherwise-di cult topics as non-Euclidean geometry, relativity, and quantum physics. These paradoxes are often as fun as they are flabbergasting. Consider, for example, the Tristram Shandy paradox: an immortal man composing an autobiography so slowly as to require a year of writing to describe each day of his life-he would, if he had infinite time, never complete the work, although no individual part of it would remain unwritten ... Or imagine an English professor who time-travels back to 1599 to offer a printing of Hamlet to William Shakespeare, so as to help the Bard overcome writer's block and author the play which will centuries later inspire an English professor to travel back in time ... These and many other of the book's paradoxes straddle the boundary between physics and metaphysics, and demonstrate the hidden difficulty of many of our most basic concepts.

New Perspectives On Mathematical Practices: Essays In Philosophy And History Of Mathematics (Hardcover): Bart Van Kerkhove New Perspectives On Mathematical Practices: Essays In Philosophy And History Of Mathematics (Hardcover)
Bart Van Kerkhove
R4,819 Discovery Miles 48 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume focuses on the importance of historical enquiry for the appreciation of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. It contains a well-balanced mixture of contributions by internationally established experts, such as Jeremy Gray and Jens Hoyrup; upcoming scholars, such as Erich Reck and Dirk Schlimm; and young, promising researchers at the beginning of their careers. The book is situated within a relatively new and broadly naturalistic tradition in the philosophy of mathematics. In this alternative philosophical current, which has been dramatically growing in importance in the last few decades, unlike in the traditional schools, proper attention is paid to scientific practices as informing for philosophical accounts.

Poincare's Prize - The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles (Paperback): George G. Szpiro Poincare's Prize - The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles (Paperback)
George G. Szpiro
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The amazing story of one of the greatest math problems of all time and the reclusive genius who solved it
In the tradition of "Fermatas Enigma" and "Prime Obsession," George Szpiro brings to life the giants of mathematics who struggled to prove a theorem for a century and the mysterious man from St. Petersburg, Grigory Perelman, who fi nally accomplished the impossible. In 1904 Henri PoincarA(c) developed the PoincarA(c) Conjecture, an attempt to understand higher-dimensional space and possibly the shape of the universe. The problem was he couldnat prove it. A century later it was named a Millennium Prize problem, one of the seven hardest problems we can imagine. Now this holy grail of mathematics has been found.
Accessibly interweaving history and math, Szpiro captures the passion, frustration, and excitement of the hunt, and provides a fascinating portrait of a contemporary noble-genius.

Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy (Hardcover, annotated edition): David Sepkoski Nominalism and Constructivism in Seventeenth-Century Mathematical Philosophy (Hardcover, annotated edition)
David Sepkoski
R5,368 Discovery Miles 53 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century?

In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the belief that there is no necessary correspondence between external reality and objects of human understanding, which they held to include the objects of mathematical and linguistic discourse. The result is a scholarly reliable, but accessible, account of the role of mathematics in the works of (amongst others) Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, and Berkeley.

This impressive volume will benefit scholars interested in the history of philosophy, mathematical philosophy and the history of mathematics.

The Equation That Couldn't be Solved - How Mathematical Genius Discovered The Language Of Symmetry (Paperback, Annotated... The Equation That Couldn't be Solved - How Mathematical Genius Discovered The Language Of Symmetry (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Mario Livio
R574 Discovery Miles 5 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What do Bach's compositions, Rubik's Cube, the way we choose our mates, and the physics of subatomic particles have in common? All are governed by the laws of symmetry, which elegantly unify scientific and artistic principles. Yet the mathematical language of symmetry-known as group theory-did not emerge from the study of symmetry at all, but from an equation that couldn't be solved.
For thousands of years mathematicians solved progressively more difficult algebraic equations, until they encountered the quintic equation, which resisted solution for three centuries. Working independently, two great prodigies ultimately proved that the quintic cannot be solved by a simple formula. These geniuses, a Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel and a romantic Frenchman named Evariste Galois, both died tragically young. Their incredible labor, however, produced the origins of group theory.
The first extensive, popular account of the mathematics of symmetry and order, "The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved" is told not through abstract formulas but in a beautifully written and dramatic account of the lives and work of some of the greatest and most intriguing mathematicians in history.

The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem (Paperback, Revised): Mark Steiner The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem (Paperback, Revised)
Mark Steiner
R1,218 Discovery Miles 12 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a startling thesis--the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos.

Mark Steiner distinguishes among the semantic problems that arise from the use of mathematics in logical deduction; the metaphysical problems that arise from the alleged gap between mathematical objects and the physical world; the descriptive problems that arise from the use of mathematics to describe nature; and the epistemological problems that arise from the use of mathematics to discover those very descriptions.

The epistemological problems lead to the thesis about the mind. It is frequently claimed that the universe is indifferent to human goals and values, and therefore, Locke and Peirce, for example, doubted science's ability to discover the laws governing the humanly unobservable. Steiner argues that, on the contrary, these laws were discovered, using manmade mathematical analogies, resulting in an anthropocentric picture of the universe as "user friendly" to human cognition--a challenge to the entrenched dogma of naturalism.

The Development of Multiplicative Reasoning in the Learning of Mathematics (Hardcover): Guershon Harel, Jere Confrey The Development of Multiplicative Reasoning in the Learning of Mathematics (Hardcover)
Guershon Harel, Jere Confrey
R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Sorites Paradox (Hardcover): Sergi Oms, Elia Zardini The Sorites Paradox (Hardcover)
Sergi Oms, Elia Zardini
R2,596 Discovery Miles 25 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For centuries, the sorites paradox has spurred philosophers to think and argue about the problem of vagueness. This volume offers a guide to the paradox which is both an accessible survey and an exposition of the state of the art, with a chapter-by-chapter presentation of all of the main solutions to the paradox and of all its main areas of influence. Each chapter offers a gentle introduction to its topic, gradually building up to a final discussion of some open problems. Students will find a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of the paradox, together with lucid explanations of the challenges it continues to raise. Researchers will find exciting new ideas and debates on the paradox.

Geschichte der Mathematik kompakt - Das Wichtigste aus Analysis, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, angewandter Mathematik, Topologie... Geschichte der Mathematik kompakt - Das Wichtigste aus Analysis, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, angewandter Mathematik, Topologie und Mengenlehre (German, Paperback, 1. Aufl. 2018)
Franka Miriam Bruckler
R673 Discovery Miles 6 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Dieses Buch gibt einen kompakten UEberblick uber die historische Entwicklung und Ideengeschichte derjenigen mathematischen Gebiete, die sich erst in der Neuzeit zu eigenstandigen Teildisziplinen entwickelt haben: Analysis, Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, angewandte Mathematik, Topologie und Mengenlehre. Die Darstellung verzichtet auf Vollstandigkeit und konzentriert sich stattdessen ganz bewusst auf wesentliche oder besonders interessante Aspekte: Einzelne Persoenlichkeiten und Ideen werden exemplarisch herausgegriffen und detaillierter dargestellt als andere - es entsteht jedoch insgesamt ein stimmiges, ausgewogenes und dennoch ubersichtliches Gesamtbild. Dabei wird insbesondere begreifbar, dass die historische Entwicklung der Mathematik von zahlreichen Einflussen angetrieben wurde, dass zahlreiche theoretische Resultate aus ganz praktischen Grunden gefunden wurden (und umgekehrt), und dass es zu den wenigsten mathematischen Problemen nur einen (richtigen) Loesungsweg gibt. Auch Querverbindungen zwischen den verschiedenen Disziplinen werden deutlich. Das Buch wendet sich an all jene, die eine ubersichtliche, kurze Darstellung der zentralen Momente in der Geschichte der Mathematik suchen - vor allem Professoren, (zukunftige) Lehrer und Studierende.

Das Gluck, Mathematiker zu sein - Friedrich Hirzebruch und seine Zeit (German, Hardcover, 1. Aufl. 2017): Winfried Scharlau Das Gluck, Mathematiker zu sein - Friedrich Hirzebruch und seine Zeit (German, Hardcover, 1. Aufl. 2017)
Winfried Scharlau
R2,252 Discovery Miles 22 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Das Buch berichtet uber das Leben des Mathematikers Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927-2012) und seinen lebenslangen Einsatz fur die Mathematik. Er war einer der bedeutendsten Mathematiker seiner Zeit und leistete UEberragendes fur den Wiederaufbau der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in Deutschland nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und fur nationale und internationale Zusammenarbeit auf vielen Ebenen. Seine Forschung hatte grossen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung der modernen Mathematik. 1952-1954 arbeitete er am Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton und wurde weltberuhmt durch den Beweis eines Theorems aus der Algebraischen Geometrie und Topologie, des sogenannten Satzes von Riemann-Roch-Hirzebruch. Im Alter von 27 Jahren erhielt er den Ruf auf seine Professur an der Universitat Bonn. In seinen Vorlesungen vermittelte er wie kaum ein Zweiter den Hoerern einen Eindruck von der Schoenheit der Mathematik und dem Gluck, Mathematiker zu sein. Ab 1980 leitete Hirzebruch viele Jahre das von ihm gegrundete Max-Planck-Institut fur Mathematik in Bonn. Er war mit vielen fuhrenden Mathematikern und Wissenschaftlern der zweiten Halfte des 20. Jahrhunderts befreundet. Als Mathematiker und Wissenschaftsorganisator waren ihm auch die Beziehungen zu Israel und Polen und die Loesung der mit der deutschen Wiedervereinigung im Wissenschaftssystem entstandenen Probleme ein besonderes Anliegen. Seine Biografie ist zugleich ein Stuck Wissenschaftsgeschichte und daruber hinaus auch Zeitgeschichte, von der Kriegs- und Nachkriegszeit bis zu den politischen Veranderungen nach 1990.

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