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Taming the infinite : the story of mathematics / by Stewart, Ian,1945-(CARDINAL)334292;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 374-376) and index.Tokens, tallies, and tablets -- The logic of shape -- Notations and numbers -- Lure of the unknown -- Eternal triangles -- Curves and coordinates -- Patterns in numbers -- The system of the world -- Patterns in nature -- Impossible quantities -- Firm foundations -- Impossible triangles -- The rise of symmetry -- Algebra comes of age -- Rubber sheet geometry -- The fourth dimension -- The shape of logic -- How likely is that? -- Number crunching -- Chaos and complexity.Beginning with the first Babylonian number symbols and concluding with Fermat's Last Theorem and chaos theory, Steward provides a history of mathematics and answers fundamental questions.
Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematicians;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Great feuds in mathematics : ten of the liveliest disputes ever / by Hellman, Hal,1927-(CARDINAL)511400;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Tartaglia versus Cardano. Solving cubic equations -- Descartes versus Fermat. Analytic geometry and optics -- Newton versus Leibniz. Credit for the calculus -- Bernoulli versus Bernoulli. Sibling rivalry of the highest order -- Sylvester versus Huxley. Ivory tower or real world? -- Kronecker versus Cantor. Mathematical insanity -- Borel versus Zermelo. The "notorious axiom" -- Poincar versus Russell. The logical foundations of mathematics -- Hilbert versus Brouwer. Formalism versus intuitionism -- Absolutists/platonists versus fallibilists/constructionists. Are mathematical advances discoveries or inventions?
Subjects: Mathematicians; Mathematics;
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The artist and the mathematician : the story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the genius mathematician who never existed / by Aczel, Amir D.(CARDINAL)768191;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
Subjects: Bourbaki, Nicolas.; Mathematicians; Mathematics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A mathematician reads the newspaper / by Paulos, John Allen.(CARDINAL)510936;
Includes bibliographical references (page -) and index.
Subjects: Mathematics;
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A mathematician reads the newspaper / by Paulos, John Allen.(CARDINAL)510936;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-206)) and index.
Subjects: Mathematics;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Archimedes : ancient Greek mathematician / by Keating, Susan Katz.(CARDINAL)383839; Tartarotti, Stefano,1968-(CARDINAL)527690;
Subjects: Biographies.; Archimedes; Mathematicians;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Sir Isaac Newton, Scientist-mathematician / by Houston, W. Robert.(CARDINAL)143537; DeVault, M. Vere,author.(CARDINAL)818358;
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Makers of mathematics / by Hollingdale, S. H.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-429) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Mathematicians; Mathematics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Journey through genius : the great theorems of mathematics / by Dunham, William,1947-(CARDINAL)776815;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293).
Subjects: Biographies.; Mathematicians; Mathematics;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The Britannica guide to geometry / by Hosch, William L.(CARDINAL)497800;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-309) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Geometry; Mathematicians;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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