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Duel at dawn
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This book explores the relation between romanticism and the rise of abstraction in mathematics during the 18th century. |
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Five Equations That Changed the World
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Robert Frost once suggested that a poem is a pithy form of expression that, by definition, can never be translated accurately. The same can be said about mathematics: The best way to understand and a… |
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Mathematics in ancient Iraq
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Mixes archaeological and social (including textual and linguistic) detail to trace the development and use of mathematics in ancient Iraq over the last three centuries BCE. |
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Game changers
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Rudolf J. Taschner |
"In this lively history of game theory, a gifted math educator and science writer explains for lay readers the uses and value of this innovative yet easy-to-understand approach to mathematical modeli… |
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