Matematiikan filosofia

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries, with its main focus on what …

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just specialists   Math has a reputation for being inaccessible. …

One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers

In Waves in an Impossible Sea, physicist Matt Strassler tells a startling tale of elementary particles, human experience, and empty space. He begins with a simple mystery of …

A modern reproduction of perhaps the most important scientific text of all time-- Newton's original 1687 edition of "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica." (Latin)

A "fascinating romp" (Johnjoe McFadden) and stirring account of the mathematicians who went looking for the bedrock philosophical foundations of their field and witnessed a house …

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions—sparking both controversy and discovery.    The stars of this book, vectors and …

Why five revolutionary experiments in quantum physics promise to open the gates separating us from a true understanding of the universe For the last century, physics has been …

A Mathematician's Apology is the famous essay by British mathematician G. H. Hardy. It concerns the aesthetics of mathematics with some personal content, and gives the layman an …

Historical records show that there was no real concept of probability in Europe before the mid-seventeenth century, although the use of dice and other randomizing objects was …