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Henri Poincaré
A Scientific Biography
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2023
343 kr
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A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri PoincaréHenri Poincaré (1854–1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time—he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent …
History of Abstract Algebra
From Algebraic Equations to Modern Algebra
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2018
442 kr
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This textbook provides an accessible account of the history of abstract algebra, tracing a range of topics in modern algebra and number theory back to their modest presence in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and exploring the impact of ideas on the development of the subject.Beginning …
History of Mathematics
A Source-Based Approach (Volume 1)
Av June Barrow-Green, Jeremy Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
1076 kr
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The History of Mathematics: A Source-Based Approach is a comprehensive history of the development of mathematics. This, the first volume of the two-volume set, takes readers from the beginning of counting in prehistory to 1600 and the threshold of the discovery of calculus. It is notable for the …
Worlds Out of Nothing
A Course in the History of Geometry in the 19th Century
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2010
421 kr
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Based on the latest historical research, Worlds Out of Nothing is the first book to provide a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century. Topics covered in the first part of the book are projective geometry, especially the concept of duality, and non-Euclidean geometry. The book then …
Plato's Ghost
The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics
Av Jeremy Gray
Inbunden, 2008
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733 kr
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Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with …
Plato's Ghost
The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2022
391 kr
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Plato's Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with …
Change and Variations
A History of Differential Equations to 1900
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2021
275 kr
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This book presents a history of differential equations, both ordinary and partial, as well as the calculus of variations, from the origins of the subjects to around 1900. Topics treated include the wave equation in the hands of d’Alembert and Euler; Fourier’s solutions to the heat equation and the …
The Hilbert Challenge
Av Jeremy Gray
Inbunden, 2000
1518 kr
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David Hilbert was arguably the leading mathematician of his generation. He was among the few mathematicians who could reshape mathematics, and was able to because he brought together an impressive technical power and mastery of detail with a vision of where the subject was going and how it should …
Ideas of Space
Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic
Av Jeremy Gray
Inbunden, 1989
1894 kr
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The history of the development of Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and relativistic ideas of the shape of the universe, is presented in this lively account by Jeremy Gray.The parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry occupies a unique position in the history of mathematics. In this book, Jeremy Gray …
Mathematical Conversations
Selections from The Mathematical Intelligencer
Inbunden, 2000
583 kr
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The Mathematical Intelligencer is a one of a kind publication in the field of mathematics, and this compilation pulls together in one volume a selection of the best of the Intelligencer, from its first eighteen years. Professional mathematicians, or readers with some training in the field will find …
Henri Poincaré
A Scientific Biography
Av Jeremy Gray
Inbunden, 2012
488 kr
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Henri Poincare (1854-1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time--he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent philosopher of science whose fresh and surprising essays are still in print a century …
Linear Differential Equations and Group Theory from Riemann to Poincare
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2008
825 kr
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This book is a study of how a particular vision of the unity of mathematics, often called geometric function theory, was created in the 19th century. The central focus is on the convergence of three mathematical topics: the hypergeometric and related linear differential equations, group theory, and …
Linear Differential Equations and Group Theory from Riemann to Poincare
Av Jeremy Gray
E-bok, 2010
1076 kr
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This book is a study of how a particular vision of the unity of mathematics, often called geometric function theory, was created in the 19th century. The central focus is on the convergence of three mathematical topics: the hypergeometric and related linear differential equations, group theory, and …
Lyme Borreliosis: Biology, Epidemiology and Control
Av Jeremy S. Gray, Olaf Kahl m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
2338 kr
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Lyme borreliosis commonly known as lyme disease is now acknowledged as the most highly prevalent arthropod-borne human disease in northern temperate regions of the world. This book describes the basic characteristics of the disease, the biology of the pathogens in their vectors and vertebrate …
Worlds Out of Nothing
A Course in the History of Geometry in the 19th Century
Av Jeremy Gray
E-bok, 2011
489 kr
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Based on the latest historical research, Worlds Out of Nothing is the first book to provide a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century. Topics covered in the first part of the book are projective geometry, especially the concept of duality, and non-Euclidean geometry. The book then …
Plato's Ghost
The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics
Av Jeremy Gray
E-bok, 2008
558 kr
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Plato''s Ghost is the first book to examine the development of mathematics from 1880 to 1920 as a modernist transformation similar to those in art, literature, and music. Jeremy Gray traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with …
Henri Poincare
A Scientific Biography
Av Jeremy Gray
E-bok, 2012
455 kr
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A comprehensive look at the mathematics, physics, and philosophy of Henri Poincaré Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) was not just one of the most inventive, versatile, and productive mathematicians of all time—he was also a leading physicist who almost won a Nobel Prize for physics and a prominent …
Mathematical Conversations
Selections from The Mathematical Intelligencer
Häftad, 2012
507 kr
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The Mathematical Intelligencer is a one of a kind publication in the field of mathematics, and this compilation pulls together in one volume a selection of the best of the Intelligencer, from its first eighteen years. Professional mathematicians, or readers with some training in the field will find …
Mathematical Conversations
Selections from The Mathematical Intelligencer
E-bok, 2012
718 kr
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Approximately fifty articles that were published in The Mathematical Intelligencer during its first eighteen years. The selection demonstrates the wide variety of attractive articles that have appeared over the years, ranging from general interest articles of a historical nature to lucid …
Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues
E-bok, 2012
1141 kr
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Our main purpose in this book is to present an English translation of Desargues'' Rough Draft of an Essay on the results of taking plane sections of a cone (1639), the pamphlet with which the modem study of projective geometry began. Despite its acknowledged importance in the history of …
Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues
Häftad, 2011
879 kr
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Our main purpose in this book is to present an English translation of Desargues' Rough Draft of an Essay on the results of taking plane sections of a cone (1639), the pamphlet with which the modem study of projective geometry began. Despite its acknowledged importance in the history of mathematics, …
Hidden Harmony—Geometric Fantasies
The Rise of Complex Function Theory
Av Umberto Bottazzini, Jeremy Gray
Inbunden, 2013
2515 kr
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This book is a history of complex function theory from its origins to 1914, when the essential features of the modern theory were in place. It is the first history of mathematics devoted to complex function theory, and it draws on a wide range of published and unpublished sources. In addition to …
Hidden Harmony-Geometric Fantasies
The Rise of Complex Function Theory
Av Jeremy Gray, Umberto Bottazzini
E-bok, 2013
3251 kr
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This book is a history of complex function theory from its origins to 1914, when the essential features of the modern theory were in place. It is the first history of mathematics devoted to complex function theory, and it draws on a wide range of published and unpublished sources. In addition to …
History of Mathematics: a Source-Based Approach, Volume 2
Av June Barrow-Green, Jeremy Gray m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1076 kr
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The History of Mathematics: A Source-Based Approach is a comprehensive history of the development of mathematics. This, the second volume of a two-volume set, takes the reader from the invention of the calculus to the beginning of the twentieth century. The initial discoverers of calculus are given …
Hidden Harmony—Geometric Fantasies
The Rise of Complex Function Theory
Av Umberto Bottazzini, Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2016
2515 kr
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This book is a history of complex function theory from its origins to 1914, when the essential features of the modern theory were in place. It is the first history of mathematics devoted to complex function theory, and it draws on a wide range of published and unpublished sources. In addition to …
Starting at the End
Av Jeremy Gray
Häftad, 2025
142 kr
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It’s one thing for a doctor to support in theory a terminally ill patient’s right to die with dignity, quite another to be the person asked to end their brother’s suffering. When Robert, a doctor, learns that his older brother Jim, a successful rock ’n’ roll pianist he hasn’t seen in more than 20 …
Change and Variations
A History of Differential Equations to 1900
Av Jeremy Gray
E-bok, 2021
479 kr
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This book presents a history of differential equations, both ordinary and partial, as well as the calculus of variations, from the origins of the subjects to around 1900. Topics treated include the wave equation in the hands of d’Alembert and Euler; Fourier’s solutions to the heat equation and the …
