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Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World
By: Szpiro, George G.
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
In 1611, Johannes Kepler proposed that the best way to pack spheres as densely as possible was to pile them up in the same way that grocers stack oranges or tomatoes. This proposition, known as Kepler's Conjecture, seemed obvious to everyone except mathematicians, who seldom take anyone's word for anything. In the tradition of Fermat's Enigma , George Szpiro shows how the problem engaged and stymied many men of genius over the centuries, Sir Walter Raleigh, astronomer Tycho Brahe, Sir Isaac Newton, mathematicians C. F. Gauss and David Hilbert, and R. Buckminster Fuller, to name a few until Thomas Hales of the University of Michigan submitted what seems to be a definitive proof in 1998.
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Kolmogorov's Heritage in Mathematics
By: Charpentier, Eric (ed.); Nikolski, Nikolai (ed.)
Published by: Springer
A.N. Kolmogorov (b. Tambov 1903, d. Moscow 1987) was one of the most brilliant mathematicians that the world has ever known. Incredibly deep and creative, he was able to approach each subject with a completely new point of view: in a few magnificent pages, which are models of shrewdness and imagination, and which astounded his contemporaries, he changed drastically the landscape of the subject. Most mathematicians prove what they can, Kolmogorov was of those who prove what they want. For this book several world experts were asked to present one part of the mathematical heritage left to us by Kolmogorov. Each chapter treats one of Kolmogorov's research themes, or a subject that was invented as a consequence of his discoveries. His contributions are presented, his methods, the perspectives he opened to us, the way in which this research has evolved up to now, along with examples of recent applications and a presentation of the current prospects. This book can be read by anyone with a master's (even a bachelor's) degree in mathematics, computer science or physics, or more generally by anyone who likes mathematical ideas. Rather than present detailed proofs, the main ideas are described. A bibliography is provided for those who wish to understand the technical details. One can see that sometimes very simple reasoning (with the right interpretation and tools) can lead in a few lines to very substantial results. The Kolmogorov Legacy in Physics was published by Springer in 2004 (ISBN 978-3-540-20307-0).
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Leonhard Euler
By: Fellmann, Emil A.
Published by: Springer
Leonhard Euler was by far the most productive mathematician in the history of mankind, and also one of the greatest scholars of all time. He attained, a degree of popularity and fame which may well be compared with that of Galilei, Newton, or Einstein. This book is based in part on unpublished sources and comes right out of the research on Euler.
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Price: $39.95
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Linguistics and the Formal Sciences
By: Tomalin, Marcus; Anderson, S. R.; Bresnan, J.; Comrie, B.; Dressler, W.; Ewen, C. J.; Huddleston, R.
Published by: Cambridge University Press
An insightful overview of how syntactic theory was influenced by developments in the formal sciences during the twentieth century. Discusses their implications for the work of linguists at that time, outlines their consequences for current syntactic theory, and provides a groundbreaking reassessment of Chomsky's early work in Generative Grammar.
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The Logic of Concept Expansion
By: Buzaglo, Meir
Published by: Cambridge University Press
Meir Buzaglo's innovative study offers stimulating discussions of the relation of conceptual expansion to truth, meaning, reference, ontology and paradox, and analyzes the views of Kant, Wittgenstein, Godel, and others, paying especially close attention to Frege.
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Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science IX
By: Prawitz, D.; Skyrms, B.; Westerståhl, D.
Published by: North Holland
This volume is the product of the Proceedings of the 9th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and contains the text of most of the invited lectures. Divided into 15 sections, the book covers a wide range of different issues. The reader is given the opportunity to learn about the latest thinking in relevant areas other than those in which they themselves may normally specialise.
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Price: $282.00
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Mathematics and the Aesthetic
By: Sinclair, Nathalie (ed.); Pimm, David (ed.); Higginson, William (ed.)
Published by: Springer
Features essays that explore the ancient affinity between the mathematical and the aesthetic, focusing on the fundamental connections between these two modes of reasoning and communicating. This book examines the ways in which the aesthetic is ever present in mathematical thinking and contributes to the growth and value of mathematical knowledge.
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