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Alexander Krauss
Science of Science

Science of Science is the first book to provide an integrated framework for the science of science as an emerging field, and a comprehensive understanding of the foundations and limits of science. Spannin…

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Stephen Abbott
The Proof Stage

How playwrights from Alfred Jarry and Samuel Beckett to Tom Stoppard and Simon McBurney brought the power of mathematics to life on the stageThe discovery of alternate geometries, paradoxes of the infinit…

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John Heywood
In Search of Technological Excellence

Using a plethora of previously unpublished sources, this book analyses the policymaking and policy implementation in the education of British engineers and technologists between 1944-1994.

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Siobhan Roberts
Genius at Play

A multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclast A mathematician unlike any other, John Horton Conway (1937–2020) possessed a rock star’s charisma, a polymath’s promiscuous curiosity,…

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Benjamin Wardhaugh
Counting

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?Countingis an innovativ…

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Chris Edwards
The New Order

What if the great discoveries of science came in the "wrong" order? If human scholars are to understand how AI interprets the universe, we will need to understand the scientific narrative in a &…

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Barry Loewer
Laws of Nature and Chances

Barry Loewer presents a novel account of the metaphysics of laws of nature, chances, fundamental ontology, and the space-time arena they occupy. He discusses the history of the concept of laws of nature, …

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Michael Kempe,
The Best of All Possible Worlds

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was the Benjamin Franklin of Europe, a "universal genius" who ranged across many fields and made breakthroughs in most of them. Leibniz invented calculus (i…

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Dale Martin Johnson
Theories of Dimension from Ancient to Modern Times

This book provides a history and analysis of the ideas, problems, concepts, and theories of dimension from ancient to modern times. It focuses primarily on topological and, to a lesser extent, measure-the…

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Holger Becker
A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms

Science Networks. Historical Studies - Band 67

This unique reference work systematically presents and studies mathematical terms, sourcing literature from antiquity until the 20th century.The book provides detailed and reliable information on the orig…

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Holger Becker
A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms

Science Networks. Historical Studies - Band 66

This unique reference work systematically presents and studies mathematical terms, sourcing literature from antiquity until the 20th century.The book provides detailed and reliable information on the orig…

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Holger Becker
A Historical Dictionary of Mathematical Terms

Science Networks. Historical Studies

This unique reference work systematically presents and studies mathematical terms, sourcing literature from antiquity until the 20th century.The book provides detailed and reliable information on the orig…

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Peter D. Schumer
Fractions

Aimed at anyone with a passion for the history of mathematics, including teachers and students of all ages, this book makes fractions come to life in a very friendly, lively, and readable way, outlining w…

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Breaking Images

Mathematics is an activity-something we do-not just something inert that we study. This rich collection begins from that premise to explore the various social influences, institutional forces and lived re…