CHILTON BOOKS

The Gentle Art of Mathematics.

PEDOE, DAN. · 1958

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London: The English Universities Press Limited, 1958. 1st edition. "There is much in mathematical thought which is easily understood and of great interest, to the layman as well as the scientist..For example, the notion of infinity, and of different orders of infinity can be u...

The Tutor's Guide, being a complete system of arithmetic, with various branches in the mathematics... by Charles Vyse... Eleventh Edition; corrected, improved, and augmented, with notes, by J. Warburton...

VYSE, CHARLES · 1801

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London : Printed by S. Hamilton, Falcon-Cort, Fleet-Street, For G. and J. Robinson , No. 25, Pater-Noster-Row, 1801 . 0. A very good full leather binding. 8vo. 7.0" x 4.2" x 1.0". [3pp.]/pp.vi - xii /pp.335 . Black polished calf. Hinges carefully strengthened. Smooth spine wit...

Vicious Circles and Infinity. A Panoply of Paradoxes.

HUGHES, PATRICK & BRECHT, GEORGE. · 1976

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1976. 0224011863. "An exciting book you can enjoy at the level of its thronging word games, jokes and fascinating illustrations; or you can pursue deeper into its wise but sparing commentary". Pp.104, 26 illustrations. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has small ...

The Mathematical Psychology of Gratry and Boole.

BOOLE, MARY EVEREST. · 1897

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London: C.W.Daniel, nd. (c.1897). Translated from the Language of the Higher Calculus into that of Elementary Geometry. Contents: I.Introductory; II.Geometric Co-Ordinates; III.The Doctrine of Limits; IV.Newton and Some of His Successors; V.The Law of Sacrifice; VI.Inspiration...

The Principles of the Differential and Integral Calculus Simplified and Applied to the Solution of Various Useful Problems in Practical Mathematics and Mechanics.

TATE, THOMAS. · 1899

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1899. New Impression. 17cms x 11cms. Pp.viii/245, owner's name to front free endpaper. Brown blind-stamped cloth, spine sunned and uneven sunning to rear board. Good.

Mathematics in Civilization.

RESNIKOFF, H.L. & WELLS,JR., R.O. · 1984

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

New York: Dover Publications Inc, 1984. 0486246744. Examines "how the developments and discoveries of mathematics shaped and were shaped by the course of human events. In a format suited to college-level studies and general popular reading, the authors explore trigonometry, na...

Teach Yourself Modern Mathematics.

PASCOE, L.C. · 1984

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Sevenoaks: Hodder & Stoughton. 1984. "Looks first at real and complex numbers and examines vectors before going on to explain different number systems and their properties, sets and symbolic logic, matrices and probability". Pp 235. P/b, very slight crease to corner of front c...

Teach Yourself Arithmetic.

PASCOE, L.C. · 1983

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Sevenoaks: Hodder & Stoughton. 1983. "Progressing from the elementary processes, the basic aspects of arithmetic are covered, with advice as to how, for example, percentages, simple and compound interest, arithmetical graphs and statistics can be of practical help to such prob...

Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its consequences.

PAULOS, JOHN ALLEN. · 1990

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1990. "In this lively and witty book the author brings together many intriguing and practical examples to make accessible the sheer beauty and power of mathematics - and to put the fun back into facts and figures". Pp 135. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

The Creative Use of Calculators.

KILLINGBECK, K.P. · 1981

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1981. 1st ed. "Playing about with numbers has always been a way to develop an interest in mathematics and modern pocket calculators, by freeing you from the chore of 'sums', give unprecedented scope for this".Pp 220, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustr...

More Mathematical Puzzles and Diversions.

GARDNER, MARTIN. · 1980

£3.50 (€4.20 | $4.62 | ¥738)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1980. "From Diophantine brain-teasers to diabolic squares, these arithmetical, geometrical, logical, topological, mechanical, and probability problems are designed to beguile the weary leisure-hours and sharpen blunted wits". Pp 186, some b/w illustrati...

Mathematical Circus.

GARDNER, MARTIN. · 1981

£4.50 (€5.39 | $5.95 | ¥949)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1981. "Here are puzzles and paradoxes, games and entertainments of every kind, ranging from the swift and simple (including a few that are pure tease) to the mind-boggling". Pp 272, some b/w illustrations, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover....

Mathematics: The New Golden Age.

DEVLIN, KEITH. · 1988

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,582)

Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1988 (rep). "Offers a glimpse of the extraordinary vistas and bizarre universes opened up by contemporary mathematicians: the theory of knots and secret codes, Hitler's Tenth Problem and the Four-Colour Theorem, business planning techniques and strange ...

Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions (Unabridged).

ABBOTT, EDWIN A. · 1992

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Dover Publications, 1992. 048627263X. "The work of English clergyman, educator and Shakespearean scholar Edwin A Abbott (1836-1926), it describes the journeys of A.Square, a mathematician and resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, where women - thin, straight line...