Search Results: Mathematics from Diatrope Books

Dover, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Foreword by Martin Gardner. 125 figures. xi+269p. Measures 5.25x8.5 inches.

Springer-Verlag, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Edited by A. Dold and B. Eckmann. Bibliography. Subject index. 169p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches.

Dover, 1961. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Bookplate reads: "Presented by the Project for the Study of Academic Precocity (PSAP) Arizona State University. Originally published in 1932, this book is the first English translation, prepared by Alan E. Farley. Preface by David Hilbert. 25 Figures. Index. 57p.

New York: Barnes andc Noble, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Unmarked. Previous owner's name on front end page. Chipping, tears, scuffing on dust jacket. 130p. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. Offers an arithmetical and empirical approach that is intelligible to lay people.

Delta, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Combines philosophy and hard science with investigative journalism to present a real-life detective story.

Gauthier-Vllars, 1952. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Tanned edges. Text in French. Maurice Fréchet (1878-1973) was a French mathematician who made major contributions to the topology of point sets and introduced the entire concept of metric spaces. He also made several important contributions to the field of statistics and probability, as well as calculus.

Mathematical Association of America, 1995. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Phone numbers on back end page. Soft corner crease on back cover. Illustrated. In the famous paper of 1938, 'A Contribution to the Mathematical Theory of Big Game Hunting', written by Ralph Boas along with Frank Smithies, using the pseudonym H. W. O. Petard, Boas describes sixteen methods for hunting a lion. This marvelous collection of Boas memorabilia contains not only the original article, but also several additional articles, as late as 1985, giving many further methods. 308p

Springer-Verlag, 1971. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Wear at spine. A collection of informal reports and seminars. Edited by Nicolaas H. Kuiper. Topics include Geometric Topology, Algebraic Topology, Differentiable Maps, and Singularities. 232p.

University of Chicago Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Math games and problems involving binary numbers, paper cutting, the four-color map theorem, ellipses, calculus, and games. Also a chapter on the games and puzzles of Lewis Carroll. 253p. Illustrated.

Bantam Books, Fawcett. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Two unmarked mathematics mass market paperback books with some age tanning. Mathematics Tables and How to Use Them was edited by Bradley V. Smith. The second book is titled Fun with the New Math by Jerome S. Meyer and Stuart Hanlon. It includes an entertaining collection of mathematical puzzles and problems based on the New Math.

Harvest Books, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Index. 319p. Short essays in four sections, loosely ordered around the subjectivity of inquiry, the physical world, science in practice and the politics of science.

Fawcett, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Illustrated. Index. References. 266p. A look at the history of numbers traces the variety of mathematical concepts through world history, describing math's influence on architecture, time, sex, and more.

Springer-Verlag, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Edited by A. Dold and B. Eckmann. Bibliography. Subject index. Symposium held at Tbilisi, USSR, August 23-29, 1982. 746p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches.

Springer-Verlag, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name and address stamped on front end page. A selection of the mathematical writings of Paul R. Halmos (1916 - 2006) with 27 articles written between 1949 and 1981. Edited by Donald E. Sarason and Leonard Gillman. Also an interview with Halmos conducted by Donald J. Albers. 304p. Measures 6.5x9.75 inches. Bibliography of Halmos' writing.

W. H. Freeman, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Illustrated. Topics include geometrical fallacies, Golomb's graceful graphs, Chess tasks, the Game of Life, tricks with cards, and more.

Dover, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Numerous text figures. 720p. Articles include the mathematics of motion by Galileo, Mathematics of heredity by Gregor Mendel, Change by Henri Poincare, and dozens of others. Commentary by Newman precedes each essay.

Penguin Books, 2000. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Unmarked text. Small corner crease on back cover. Illustrated, including drawings by Matt Zimet. In Zero, Science Journalist Charles Seife follows this innocent-looking number from its birth as an Eastern philosophical concept to its struggle for acceptance in Europe, its rise and transcendence in the West, and its ever-present threat to modern physics. 248p. Measures 5.25x8 inches. Bibliography. Index. Appendices.