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A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age

A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1450, focusing in particular on the innovations in East and South Asia and in Islamicate cultures. With the invention of…

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Robin Wilson, Steven Balbus
Oxford's Savilian Professors of Astronomy

The Savilian Professorships in Astronomy and Geometry at Oxford University were founded in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, distinguished scholar and Warden of Merton College. The Astronomy professorship, in par…

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Chris Edwards
The New Order

What if the great discoveries of science came in the "wrong" order? The Laws of Thermodynamics were discovered well after the creation of algebra, classical physics, and chemistry, but are perha…

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Michael Kempe,
The Best of All Possible Worlds

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was the Benjamin Franklin of Europe, a "universal genius" who ranged across many fields and made breakthroughs in most of them. Leibniz invented calculus (i…

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Stephen Abbott
The Proof Stage

How playwrights from Alfred Jarry and Samuel Beckett to Tom Stoppard and Simon McBurney brought the power of mathematics to life on the stageThe discovery of alternate geometries, paradoxes of the infinit…

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John Heywood
In Search of Technological Excellence

Using a plethora of previously unpublished sources, this book analyses the policymaking and policy implementation in the education of British engineers and technologists between 1944-1994.

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Giovanni Sambin
Positive Topology

Aimed at researchers in mathematics, philosophy and logic, this book provides the first organic exposition of dynamic constructivism and the mathematics ensuing in practice, including discussion of the te…

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Piero Della Francesca, Rocco Sinisgalli
On the Perspective of Painting

An illuminating comparative translation of Piero della Francesca's pioneering Renaissance work on scientific perspective, showcasing his groundbreaking methods and influence on art and architecture.On the…

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Benjamin Wardhaugh
Counting

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE PRIZE 2025WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPE…

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Keith Houston
Empire of the Sum

Starting with hands, abacus and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bott…

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Anirudh Sridhar
Agon

Agon: Poetry's Challenge to the Mathematization of Reality narrates the battle for truth-telling authority between poetry and mathematics in the 1920s-1960s. Analysing subversive uses of mathematical meta…

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Marco Panza
Reals by Abstraction. An Inquiry about Epistemic Economy in Mathematics: Volume II

Synthese Library - Band 523

This second of a two-volume book prolongs the inquiry of volume 1 by considering other examples apt to better illustrate the ideal of epistemic economy in mathematical recasting. The new examples are draw…

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Dale Martin Johnson
Theories of Dimension from Ancient to Modern Times

Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

This book provides a history and analysis of the ideas, problems, concepts, and theories of dimension from ancient to modern times. It focuses primarily on topological and, to a lesser extent, measure-the…

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Benjamin Recht
The Irrational Decision

How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality---and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgmentIn the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design …

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Kate Kitagawa, Timothy Revell
The Secret Lives of Numbers

A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday TimesMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But des…

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Tamer Ba¿ar, Boualem Djehiche, Hamidou Tembine
Mean-Field-Type Game Theory I

Static & Dynamic Game Theory: Foundations & Applications

Provides the reader with a self-contained and comprehensive survey of the theory and engineering applications of mean-field gamesIntroductory background, exercises and ideas of mean-field type game theory…

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Paulina Rowinska
Mapmatics

A gripping exploration of how cartography shapes our world and the impact of maps on our everyday lives. 'If you have ever wondered why an airliner bound from London to Los Angeles flies over Greenland, h…

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Paulina Rowinska
Mapmatics

How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? Where should we look for elusive serial killers? The answers lie in th…

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Tamer Ba¿ar, Boualem Djehiche, Hamidou Tembine
Mean-Field-Type Game Theory II

Provides the reader with a self-contained and comprehensive survey of the theory and engineering applications of mean-field gamesIntroductory background, exercises and ideas of mean-field type game theory…

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David Hilbert,
David Hilbert's Notebooks and General Foundational Lectures

This volume contains a selection of material exhibiting many of Hilbert s philosophical and foundational views on particular theories and the exact sciences in general, drawn from his private notebooks an…

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