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Mathematics and Its History
From the reviews of the second edition:"This book covers many interesting topics not usually covered in a present day undergraduate course, as well as certain basic topics such as …
Yearning for the Impossible
Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common …
The Real Numbers
While most texts on real analysis are content to assume the real numbers, or to treat them only briefly, this text makes a serious study of the real number system and the issues it …
Modern Psychometrics
This popular text introduces the reader to all aspects of psychometric assessment, including its history, the construction and administration of traditional tests, and the latest …
Naive Lie Theory
In this new textbook, acclaimed author John Stillwell presents a lucid introduction to Lie theory suitable for junior and senior level undergraduates. In order to achieve this, he …
Plane Algebraic Curves
In a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the theory of plane algebraic curves, the authors examine this classical area of mathematics that both figured prominently in …
The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications
The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country’s population is essential in order for governments to provide …
Elements of Algebra
Algebra is abstract mathematics - let us make no bones about it - yet it is also applied mathematics in its best and purest form. It is not abstraction for its own sake, but …
Population Dynamics and Projection Methods
Although the human population growth rate of the world has been declining since peaking in the early 1960s, the populations of individual countries are changing at different …
Land Use Simulation for Europe
Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to …
Geographical Information and Planning
The 1990s have seen some remarkable changes in geographical information (GI) provision and computer technology that have impacted on many of the activities that constitute planning …
Numbers and Geometry
NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields--algebra, analysis and geometry--meet. The aim of this book …