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| Author: | BENSON DONALD C.: |
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| Title: | A SMOOTHER PEBBLE: MATHEMATICAL EXPLORATIONS |
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| Publisher: | 2003 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
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| Description: | NEW HARDBACK BOOK - MINT/MINT. THIS BOOK TAKES A NOVEL LOOK AT THE TOPICS OF SCHOOL MATHEMATICS - ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRY, ALGEBRA, AND CALCULUS. IN THIS STROLL ON THE MATHEMATICAL SEASHORE WE HOPE TO FIND, QUOTING NEWTON, " A SMOOTHER PEBBLE OR A PRETTIER SHELL THAN ORDINARY..." THIS BOOK ASSEMBLES A COLLECTION OF MATHEMATICAL PEBBLES THAT ARE NOT ONLY CURIOUS BUT ALSO IMPORTANT. |
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| Price (£): | 22.00 |
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| Stock No: | 18800 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BERLINSKI DAVID: |
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| Title: | THE ADVENT OF THE ALGORITHM: THE IDEA THAT RULES THE WORLD |
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| Publisher: | HARCOURT. NEW YORK. 2000 |
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| Description: | NEW HARDBACK BOOK - MINT/MINT. TWO IDEAS LIE GLEAMING ON THE JEWELER`S VELVET. THE FIRST IS THE CALCULUS, THE SECOND, THE ALGORITHM. THUS BEGINS DAVID BERLINSKI`S NEW BOOK. THE CALCULUS IS THE IDEA THAT MADE MODERN SCIENCE POSSIBLE. THE ALGORITHM, WHICH BERLINSKI BRILLIANTLY LIMNS HERE, IS THE IDEA OF AN EFFECTIVE PROCEDURE THAT HAS MADE THE MODERN WORLD POSSIBLE. |
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| Price (£): | 15.00 |
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| Stock No: | 18813 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | BOOLE MARY EVEREST: |
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| Title: | THE MATHEMATICAL PSYCHOLOGY OF GATRY BOOLE |
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| Publisher: | SWAN SONNENSCHEIN. LONDON. 1897 |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD HARDBACK IN BROWN CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAP.TRANSLATED FROM THE LANGUAGE OF THE HIGHER CALCULUS INTO THAT OF THE ELEMENTARY GEOMETRY. 1ST EDITION. (SCARCE). |
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| Price (£): | 92.00 |
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| Stock No: | 19064 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | DAVIDSON P.A.: |
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| Title: | AN INTRODUCTION TO MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS |
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| Publisher: | 2001 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
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| Description: | VERY GOOD SOFTBACK COPY - CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS. THE AIM OF THIS SERIES IS TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR PUBLISHING TEXTBOOKS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS AT THE ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATE AND BEGINNING GRADUATE LEVELS. |
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| Price (£): | 58.00 |
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| Stock No: | 25628 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | HOHN F. E.: |
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| Title: | INTRODUCTION TO LINEAR ALGEBRA |
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| Publisher: | MACMILLAN. 1972 |
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| Description: | FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A WORN AND SLIGHTLY CHIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. AN UNDERGRADUATE TEXT OF OVER 300 PAGES. |
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| Price (£): | 17.50 |
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| Stock No: | 19217 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | LANG SERGE: |
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| Title: | LINEAR ALGEBRA |
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| Publisher: | ADDISON-WESLEY 1972 |
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| Description: | SECOND EDITION IN HARDBACK. RED CLOTH - NO DUSTWRAPPER. A VERY GOOD COPY FOR THE MATHEMATICS UNDERGRADUATE. |
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| Price (£): | 21.00 |
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| Stock No: | 19051 Click to enquire |
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| Author: | PETERSON IVARS: |
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| Title: | ISLANDS OF TRUTH: A MATHEMATICAL MYSTERY CRUISE |
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| Publisher: | W.H. FREEMAN. NEW YORK. 1990 |
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| Description: | NEW HARDBACK BOOK - MINT/MINT. IVARS PETERSON, THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF `THE MATHEMATICAL TOURIST` TAKES YOU ON ANOTHER FANTASTIC JOURNEY INTO MATHLAND WHERE THE HABITAT IS PURELY MYSTERIOUS AND THE INHABITANTS INVARIABLY FASCINATING. |
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| Price (£): | 13.00 |
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| Stock No: | 18812 Click to enquire |
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