Mathematics list 28

Mathematics, Science, and Postclassical Theory

by Brian Rotman, Andrew Pickering
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 1997

Mathematics, Science, and Postclassical Theory is a unique collection of essays dealing with the intersections between science and mathematics and the radical reconceptions of knowledge, language, proof, truth, and reality currently emerging from poststructuralist literary theory, constructivist history...

One Hundred Problems in Elementary Mathematics

by Hugo Steinhaus
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2016

Both a challenge to mathematically inclined readers and a useful supplementary text for high school and college courses, One Hundred Problems in Elementary Mathematics presents an instructive, stimulating collection of problems. Many problems address such matters as numbers, equations, inequalities,...

Open Problems in Mathematics

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Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016

The goal in putting together this unique compilation was to present the current status of the solutions to some of the most essential open problems in pure and applied mathematics. Emphasis is also given to problems in interdisciplinary research for which mathematics plays a key role. This volume...

Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics in the Early Husserl

by Stefania Centrone
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009

Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics in the Early Husserl focuses on the first ten years of Edmund Husserl’s work, from the publication of his Philosophy of Arithmetic (1891) to that of his Logical Investigations (1900/01), and aims to precisely locate his early work in the fields of logic, philosophy...

Invisible in the Storm

The Role of Mathematics in Understanding Weather

by Ian Roulstone, John Norbury
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013

Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific successes of modern times--the use of mathematics in weather prediction. Although humans have tried to forecast weather for millennia, mathematical principles were used in...

First Aid in Mathematics Colour Edition

by Robert Sulley
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2014

Achieve the best possible standard with this bestselling book of practice and guidance - now in colour First Aid in Mathematics is written in clear and concise language to provide all the help, support and practice needed to master the key topics in basic mathematics. The book contains over...

Mathematics

The Study of Numbers, Quantity, and Space

by Shalini Saxena
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

This insightful guide to the history and basic concepts of mathematics reveals how math concepts helped to shape society--from the basic counting and units of measurement that facilitated commerce to the kind of surveying techniques and geometry that helped build the Egyptian pyramids. A chronological...

Teaching and Learning Early Years Mathematics

Subject and Pedagogic Knowledge

by Mary Briggs
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013

This up to date book is essential reading for all those teaching or training to teach Early Years mathematics. It provides comprehensive subject and pedagogic knowledge for those responsible for the youngest children in school and their vital first experiences of learning mathematics. Appropriately...

Understanding and Enriching Problem Solving in Primary Mathematics

by Patrick Barmby, David Bolden, Lynn Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014

This up to date book is essential reading for all those teaching or training to teach primary mathematics. Problem solving is a key aspect of teaching and learning mathematics, but also an area where teachers and pupils often struggle. Set within the context of the new primary curriculum and drawing...

Mathematics Year 6

by Serena Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014

A stimulating and rigorous approach to Mathematics that goes beyond the requirements of the National Curriculum for Year 6 pupils (aged 10 and above) and lays the foundation for success at Common Entrance and other independent entrance exams at 11+. - Plenty of worked examples to demonstrate method -...

Creating Symmetry

The Artful Mathematics of Wallpaper Patterns

by Frank A. Farris
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015

This lavishly illustrated book provides a hands-on, step-by-step introduction to the intriguing mathematics of symmetry. Instead of breaking up patterns into blocks—a sort of potato-stamp method—Frank Farris offers a completely new waveform approach that enables you to create an endless variety...

Mathematics and Modern Art

Proceedings of the First ESMA Conference, held in Paris, July 19-22, 2010

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Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012

The link between mathematics and art remains as strong today as it was in the earliest instances of decorative and ritual art. Arts, architecture, music and painting have for a long time been sources of new developments in mathematics, and vice versa. Many great painters have seen no contradiction...

Mind Tools

The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality

by Rudy Rucker
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013

This reader-friendly volume groups the patterns of mathematics into five archetypes: numbers, space, logic, infinity, and information. Rudy Rucker presents an accessible introduction to each of these important areas, reflecting intelligence gathered from the frontiers of mathematical thought. More...

The Mathematics of Love

Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation

by Hannah Fry
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, a mathematician pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love. The roller coaster of romance is hard to quantify; defining how lovers...