Mathematics - Philosophy
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Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics: Second Edition
$24.95 Add to cartThis classic undergraduate text acquaints students with the fundamental concepts and methods of mathematics. In addition to introducing many historical figures from the 18th through the mid-20th centu… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Wilder, Raymond L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: May 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0486488209
- Language: English
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Mathematical Logic
$24.95 Add to cartUndergraduate students with no prior instruction in mathematical logic will benefit from this multi-part text. Part I offers an elementary but thorough overview of mathematical logic of 1st order. Par… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Kleene, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 18 2002
- ISBN10: 0486425339
- Language: English
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Proofs and Refutations
$28.00 Add to cartImre Lakatos’s Proofs and Refutations is an enduring classic, which has never lost its relevance. Taking the form of a dialogue between a teacher and some students, the book considers various solution… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Philosophy Classics
- Author: Lakatos, Imre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: October 08 2015
- ISBN10: 1107534054
- Language: English
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The Mathematical Experience
$18.99 Add to cartThis is the classic introduction for the educated lay reader to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities.
- Author: Davis, Philip J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 29 2010
- ISBN10: 0395929687
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Set Theory: An Historical Introduction to Cantor’s Paradise
$14.95 Add to cartThis volume offers a guided tour of modern mathematics’ Garden of Eden, beginning with perspectives on the finite universe and classes and Aristotelian logic. Author Mary Tiles further examines permut… [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Mathematics
- Author: Tiles, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 239
- Publish Date: June 18 2004
- ISBN10: 0486435202
- Language: English
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99 Variations on a Proof
$21.95 Read moreAn exploration of mathematical style through 99 different proofs of the same theorem
This book offers a multifaceted perspective on mathematics by demonstrating 99 different proofs of the same theorem- Author: Ording, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0691218978
- Language: English
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Arcadia
$17.00 Add to cart“It is a defect of God’s humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.”–Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thom- Author: Stoppard, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0802126995
- Language: English
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The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics
$35.00 Add to cartThe Golden Ratio examines the presence of this divine number in art and architecture throughout history, as well as its ubiquity among plants, animals, and even the cosmos. This gorgeous book–with la… [more below]
- Author: Meisner, Gary B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 163106486X
- Language: English
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Is Math Real?: How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
$30.00 Add to cartOne of the world’s most creative mathematicians offers a new way to look at math–focusing on questions, not answers
Where do we learn math: From rules in a textbook? From logic and deduction? Not re
- Author: Cheng, Eugenia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541601823
- Language: English
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The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy
$32.50 Add to cart“A mind-bending jaunt … that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts” (Publishers Weekly)
“Let no one ignorant of geometry enter here,” Plato warned would-be phil- Author: Sigmund, Karl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541602692
- Language: English
