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By: William Byers
ISBN: 9780691145990
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2010
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically - even algorithmically - from one black-and-white deduction to another. This book reveals that mathematics is a profoundly creative activity and not just a body of formalized rules and results.
(Paperback)
By: ystein Linnebo
ISBN: 9780691202297
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: David S. Richeson
ISBN: 9780691218724
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Lloyd Strickland
ISBN: 9780262544344
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: MIT Press Ltd
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(Paperback)
By: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9780008444495
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2021
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway SIMON SINGH
A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers HANNAH FRY
(Paperback, 2012 ed.)
By: G. Restall
ISBN: 9780230251748
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2012
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics.
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By: Justin Joque
ISBN: 9781788734004
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2022
Publisher: Verso Books
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Traces the revolution in statistics that gave rise to artificial intelligence and predictive algorithms refiguring contemporary capitalism.
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By: David Darling
ISBN: 9780861543052
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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The weird and wonderful quest for unfathomably large numbers
(Hardback)
By: Karl Sigmund
ISBN: 9781541602694
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2024
Publisher: Basic Books
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"A mind-bending jaunt ... that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts" (Publishers Weekly)
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By: Roi Wagner
ISBN: 9780691171715
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Jos Ferreirs
ISBN: 9780691167510
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Feb 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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This book presents a new approach to the epistemology of mathematics by viewing mathematics as a human activity whose knowledge is intimately linked with practice. Charting an exciting new direction in the philosophy of mathematics, Jose Ferreiros uses the crucial idea of a continuum to provide an account of the development of mathematical knowledg
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By: Hermann Weyl
ISBN: 9780691135458
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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A collection of the author's general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author's exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation.
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By: Matthew E. Moore
ISBN: 9780812696813
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
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(Hardback)
By: David Ruelle
ISBN: 9780691129822
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2007
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in 1954 after eating a cyanide-laced apple - his death was ruled a suicide. This book reveals the author's personal reflections on Turing and other fellow mathematicians.
