Mathematics

This Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. It addresses questions of who creates mathematics, who uses it, and how. A broader...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984362998Author Richard FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Math EssentialsPublisher Math EssentialsWeight(grams) 680g

The Handbook of Categorical Algebra is designed to give, in three volumes, a detailed account of what should be known by everybody working in, or using, category theory. As such it will be a unique reference. The volumes are written in sequence. The...

Introduces risk assessment with key theories, proven methods, and state-of-the-art applications Risk Assessment: Theory, Methods, and Applications remains one of the few textbooks to address current risk analysis and risk assessment with an emphasis on...

Praise for the Second Edition "This book should be an essential part of the personal library of every practicing statistician."-Technometrics Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition of Nonparametric Statistical Methods includes additional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780939798810Author LarsonImprint Saxon PublishersPublisher Saxon PublishersWeight(grams) 1361gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 33mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692925959Author Kathryn GouldingFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Kathryn L. GouldingPublisher Kathryn L. GouldingWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm)...

The game of Dots-and-Boxes, the popular game in which two players take turns connecting an array of dots to form squares, or "boxes" has long been considered merely a child's game. In this book, however, the author reveals the surprising complexity of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486438085Author Dunham JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

This textbook invites readers to explore the properties of objects that we effortlessly recognize as symmetrical. From the human body, to elaborate artworks and abstract networks, symmetry is ubiquitous in the world around us; it is essential to function...

For more than thirty years the senior author has been trying to learn algebraic geometry. In the process he discovered that many of the classic textbooks in algebraic geometry require substantial knowledge of cohomology, homological algebra, and sheaf...

In many areas of mathematics, science and engineering, from computer graphics to inverse methods to signal processing, it is necessary to estimate parameters, usually multidimensional, by approximation and interpolation. Radial basis functions are a...

Abacus Evolve Challenge is perfect for ensuring more able children are being stretched to reach their full potential in maths. Challenge contains a range of enrichment and extension activities with a fourth level of differentiation above that found in...

This practical book is a valuable teacher resource for teaching geometry in Year 6 in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.Comprehensively illustrated, it covers angles in regular polygons, triangles, right-angled triangles, and platonic solids. It concludes...

Why can't we think straight about the big issues that face our society? Why are we taken in by the phony arguments of populists and scammers? Where are the philosophers hiding when we need them to tell us what makes sense? They are hiding because they...

Neural computing is one of the most interesting and rapidly growing areas of research, attracting researchers from a wide variety of scientific disciplines. Starting from the basics, Neural Computing covers all the major approaches, putting each in...

These notes are based on the course of lectures I gave at Harvard in the fall of 1964. They constitute a self-contained account of vector bundles and K-theory assuming only the rudiments of point-set topology and linear algebra. One of the features of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913724672Author Susannah CentlivreFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Renard Press LtdPublisher Renard Press LtdWeight(grams) 129g

Bundles, connections, metrics and curvature are the 'lingua franca' of modern differential geometry and theoretical physics. This book will supply a graduate student in mathematics or theoretical physics with the fundamentals of these objects. Many...

Al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer. He worked most of his life as a scholar in the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during the first half of the 9th century and is considered by many to be the father of algebra. His Algebra (Kitab...

Basic Algebra and Advanced Algebra systematically develop concepts and tools in algebra that are vital to every mathematician, whether pure or applied, aspiring or established. Advanced Algebra includes chapters on modern algebra which treat various...

This book presents an attempt to develop a theory of knowledge and a philosophy of mind using ideas derived from the mathematical theory of communication developed by Claude Shannon. Information is seen as an objective commodity defined by the dependency...

Probability and statistics are as much about intuition and problem solving as they are about theorem proving. Consequently, students can find it very difficult to make a successful transition from lectures to examinations to practice because the problems...

What is the source of logical and mathematical truth? This volume revitalizes conventionalism as an answer to this question. Conventionalism takes logical and mathematical truth to have their source in linguistic conventions. This was an extremely...

The majority of data sets collected by researchers in all disciplines are multivariate, meaning that several measurements, observations, or recordings are taken on each of the units in the data set. These units might be human subjects, archaeological...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486434766Author Clayton W. DodgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

'Einstein did not attempt to explain the constancy of the velocity of light: he assumed it and derived his theories accordingly. But we have explained it.' -- from Chapter 8 of Space and CounterspaceMany people feel alienated by modern science and its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312569563Author Jason MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 513g

This book is a practical guide for theory-based empirical analysis in economics that guides the reader through the first steps when moving between economic theory and applied research. The book provides a hands-on introduction to some of the techniques...

For courses in introductory linear algebra Introduction to Linear Algebra, 5th Edition is a foundation book that bridges both practical computation and theoretical principles. Due to its flexible table of contents, the book is accessible for...

Proof and Disproof in Formal Logic is a lively and entertaining introduction to formal logic providing an excellent insight into how a simple logic works. Formal logic allows you to check a logical claim without considering what the claim means. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486466286Author Robert B ASHFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Fay and Brittain present statistical hypothesis testing and compatible confidence intervals, focusing on application and proper interpretation. The emphasis is on equipping applied statisticians with enough tools - and advice on choosing among them - to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986656491Author Robert ByersFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print USPublisher Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP...

Circles Disturbed brings together important thinkers in mathematics, history, and philosophy to explore the relationship between mathematics and narrative. The book's title recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was...

Dependence Modeling with Copulas covers the substantial advances that have taken place in the field during the last 15 years, including vine copula modeling of high-dimensional data. Vine copula models are constructed from a sequence of bivariate copulas...

An accessible guide to the multivariate time series tools used in numerous real-world applications Multivariate Time Series Analysis: With R and Financial Applications is the much anticipated sequel coming from one of the most influential and prominent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101882191Author The Princeton ReviewFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

This book is not a text devoted to a pedagogical presentation of a specialized topic nor is it a monograph focused on the author's area of research. It accomplishes both these things while providing a rationale for why the reader ought to be interested...

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best...