Mathematics

A look at how calculus has evolved over hundreds of years and why calculus pedagogy needs to changeCalculus Reordered tells the remarkable story of how calculus grew over centuries into the subject we know today. David Bressoud explains why calculus is...

This book addresses direct application of mathematics to fire engineering problemsGives background interpretation for included mathematical methodsIllustrates a step-by-step detailed solution to solving relevant problemsIncludes pictorial representation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486434797Author Stephen WillardFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

An entertaining history of mathematics as chronicled through fifty short biographies. Mathematics today is the fruit of centuries of brilliant insights by men and women whose personalities and life experiences were often as extraordinary as their...

Designed for the non-specialist, this classic text by a world expert is an invaluable reference tool for those interested in a basic understanding of the subject. Exercises, notes and exhaustive references follow each chapter, making it outstanding both...

Bayesian ideas have recently been applied across such diverse fields as philosophy, statistics, economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, and legal theory. Fundamentals of Bayesian Epistemology examines epistemologists' use of Bayesian probability...

A comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the mathematics that all economics students need to knowProbability theory is the quantitative language used to handle uncertainty and is the foundation of modern statistics. Probability and Statistics for...

Are you ready to ace calculus at the college level? With this book, you will be! Professors often say "Students don't fail the calculus, they fail the algebra." In other words, even if you understand calculus, your algebra and trigonometry skills can...

Multivariate Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition is designed to show how a variety of statistical methods can be used to analyse data collected by psychologists and other behavioral scientists. Assuming some familiarity with introductory...

A TRANSITION TO ADVANCED MATHEMATICS helps you bridge the gap between calculus and advanced math courses. The most successful text of its kind, the 8th edition continues to provide a firm foundation in major concepts needed for continued study and guides...

Littlewood's Miscellany, which includes most of the earlier work as well as much of the material Professor Littlewood collected after the publication of A Mathematician's Miscellany, allows us to see academic life in Cambridge, especially in Trinity...

An entertaining history of the idea of nothing - including absences, omissions, and shadows - from the Ancient Greeks through the 20th century How can nothing cause something? The absence of something might seem to indicate a null or a void, an...

Master the geometry behind CAD, game engines, GIS, and more! Geometry for Programmers is a hands-on book teaching you the maths behind the tools and libraries to create simulations, 3D prints, and other models in the physical world. Ideal for developers...

Foundation Mathematics for Biosciences provides an accessible and clear introduction to mathematical skills for students of the biosciences. The book chapters cover key topic areas and their associated techniques, thereby presenting the maths in context...

Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem...

Exam board: Cambridge Assessment International EducationLevel: A-levelSubject: MathematicsFirst teaching: September 2018First exams: Summer 2020Endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to provide full support for Paper 1 of the syllabus...

This book defends the view that any adequate account of rational decision making must take a decision maker's beliefs about causal relations into account. The early chapters of the book introduce the non-specialist to the rudiments of expected utility...

This Student Book is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: Edexcel Level and subject: AS/A Level Maths First teaching: 2017 Endorsed for Edexcel, this Student Book provides full support for AS Level Maths and Year 1 of the full A Level...

Exam Board: OCRLevel: GCSESubject: MathematicsFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017ENDORSED FOR OCR Build your students' knowledge and understanding so that they can confidently reason, interpret, communicate mathematically and apply their...

This book is a guide to the practical application of statistics in data analysis as typically encountered in the physical sciences. It is primarily addressed at students and professionals who need to draw quantitative conclusions from experimental data...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486432380Author Zohar MannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm)...

From the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, The Crest of the Peacock makes it clear that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. George...

A mathematical sightseeing tour of the natural world from the author of THE MAGICAL MAZEWhy do many flowers have five or eight petals, but very few six or seven? Why do snowflakes have sixfold symmetry? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have...

Financial Risk Forecasting is a complete introduction to practical quantitative risk management, with a focus on market risk. Derived from the authors teaching notes and years spent training practitioners in risk management techniques, it brings together...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913231095Author Trevor MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Velocity PressPublisher Velocity Press

The third edition of this practical introduction to Python has been thoroughly updated, with all code migrated to Jupyter notebooks. The notebooks are available online with executable versions of all of the book's content (and more). The text starts with...

This book covers elementary aspects of category theory and topos theory. It has few mathematical prerequisites and uses categorical methods throughout rather than beginning with set theoretic foundations. It works with key notions such as cartesian...

Can a Christian escape from a lion? How quickly can a rumour spread? Can you fool an airline into accepting oversize baggage? Recreational mathematics is full of frivolous questions where the mathematician's art can be brought to bear. But play often has...

Thorough revision for the AQA exams These brand new revision guides contain all the help, guidance and support students need in the run-up to the 2005 exams, ensuring they achieve the grades they deserve. The familiar format helps to trigger students'...

Learn how graph algorithms can help you leverage relationships within your data to develop intelligent solutions and enhance your machine learning models. With this practical guide, developers and data scientists will discover how graph analytics deliver...

Professor Michael Edgeworth McIntyre is an eminent scientist who has also had a part-time career as a musician. From a lifetime's thinking, he offers this extraordinary synthesis exposing the deepest connections between science, music, and mathematics,...

Biological systems are often best explored and explained using the power of maths - from the rate at which enzymes BIOL15SDAessential life processes, to the way populations ebb and flow as predators and prey interact. Mathematical tools lie at the heart...

This text provides an introduction to group theory with an emphasis on clear examples. The authors present groups as naturally occurring structures arising from symmetry in geometrical figures and other mathematical objects. Written in a 'user-friendly'...

There is no denying that the 21st century is data driven, with many digital industries relying on careful collection and analysis of mass volumes of information. A Chief Data Officer (CDO) at a company is the leader of this process, making the position...

This accessible text covers key results in functional analysis that are essential for further study in the calculus of variations, analysis, dynamical systems, and the theory of partial differential equations. The treatment of Hilbert spaces covers the...

Complex Numbers lie at the heart of most technical and scientific subjects. This book can be used to teach complex numbers as a course text,a revision or remedial guide, or as a self-teaching work. The author has designed the book to be a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486453583Author Maurice KraitchikFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

How does Google know what you want to type? How did humans first reach the moon? Could we ever have a supercomputer the size of a pinhead?In this thrilling numerical journey, Hugh Barker explores how mathematics has helped to build the technology of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902214832Author David RaynerFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Elmwood PressPublisher Elmwood Education LimitedWeight(grams) 30gDimensions(mm) 56mm *...

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: MathematicsFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2017Welsh language editionProvide structured support and extra practice with differentiated questions that focus on reasoning and problem-solving, building...