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The Joy of Sets
This book provides an account of those parts of contemporary set theory of direct relevance to other areas of pure mathematics. The intended reader is either an advanced-level …
Logic and Information
Intelligence can be characterised both as the ability to absorb and process information and as the ability to reason. Humans and other animals have both of these abilities to a …
Finding Fibonacci
A compelling firsthand account of Keith Devlin's ten-year quest to tell Fibonacci's story In 2000, Keith Devlin set out to research the life and legacy of the medieval …
The Unfinished Game
In the early seventeenth century, the outcome of something as simple as a dice roll was consigned to the realm of unknowable chance. Mathematicians largely agreed that it was …
Mathematics
In the computerized world of today mathematics has had an impact on almost every aspect of our lives, yet most people believe they cannot hope to understand or enjoy the subject. …
Constructibility
Since their inception, the Perspectives in Logic and Lecture Notes in Logic series have published seminal works by leading logicians. Many of the original books in the series have …
All the Math that's Fit to Print
Do you expect to find articles about mathematics in your daily newspaper? If you are a reader of The Guardian you do, or at least you did during the second half of the 1980s. This …
Numbers Behind NUMB3RS
The companion to the hit CBS crime series Numb3rs presents the fascinating way mathematics is used to fight real-life crime Using the popular CBS prime-time TV crime series …
Language at Work
People are very creative in their use of language. This observation was made convincingly by Chomsky in the 1950s and is generally accepted in the scientific communities concerned …
Sets, Functions and Logic
The purpose of this book is to provide the student beginning undergraduate mathematics with a solid foundation in the basic logical concepts necessary for most of the subjects …
The Numbers Behind NUMB3RS
A companion volume to the hit CBS television series Numb3rs explains the real-life mathematical techniques used by law enforcement agencies to help catch and convict criminals and …
Let's Play Math
Transform your child's experience of math Filled with stories and illustrations, Let's Play Math offers a practical, activity-filled exploration of what it means to learn math. A …