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Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel by Mrs. John Herschel.

Herschel, Margaret Brodie · 1876

$167.00 (€151.52 | £126.41 | ¥26,668)

New York, D. Appleton and Co,, 1876. First Am edition. Hardcover. xii, 355 p. [3] leaves of plates, ports. 21 cm. Very good condition, spine slightly slanted .

History of Arabic Science : Readings for History of Science 105, Compiled by A.I. Sabra

Sabra, Abdelhamid Ibrahim · 1978

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.36 | ¥8,304)

1978. Paperback. 616p. Very good condition Typescript: Collection of texts for the history of Arab science course held by A.I. Sabra at Harvard University in 1978.

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Einstein, Albert · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Bonanza Books, c1961. Hardcover. 164p. Very good condition/good.

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

Einstein, Albert · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Crown Publishers, c1961. Hardcover. 164p. Very good condition/good.

Modern Arms and Free Men: A Discussion of the Role of Science in Preserving Democracy

Bush, Vannevar · 1949

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Simon and Schuster, 1949. Book club ed. Hardcover. 273p. Very good condition .

E=MC² : A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation

Bodanis, David · 2000

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Walker, c2000. Hardcover. ix, 337 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Wheels, Life, and Other Mathematical Amusements

Gardner, Martin · 1983

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New York, W.H. Freeman, 1983. Hardcover. ix, 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics

Aaboe, Asger · 1964

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Washington, Mathematical Association of America, 1964. Paperback. 148pp. Very good condition, coffee stain onfore-edge .

Elementary Mathematics of Sets with Applications by R.N. Brandt [and Others] Edited by Robert L. Davis.

Mathematical Association of America. Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics. · 1959

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Ann Arbor, c1958. 1959 printing. Hardcover. vii, 168 p. diagrs. 26 cm. Very good condition .

Mathematics without Apologies : Portrait of a Problematic Vocation

Harris, Michael (Michael Howard) · 2015

$12.00 (€10.89 | £9.08 | ¥1,916)

Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, c2015. First printing. Hardcover. xxii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Very good condition/very good, Summary: What do pure mathematicians do, and why do they do it? Looking beyond the conventional answers--for the sake of...

Faster Than the Speed of Light : The Story of a Scientific Speculation

Magueijo, João. · 2003

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Cambridge, MA, Perseus Pub. c2003. First printing. Hardcover. vi, 279 p. : ill ; 24 cm. Very good condition/very good, Contents: Very silly -- pt. 1. The story of C: Einstein's bovine dreams -- Matters of gravity -- His biggest error -- The sphinx universe -- God on amphetamin...

The Art of the Infinite : The Pleasures of Mathematics

Kaplan, Robert · 2003

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Oxford, Oxford University Press, c2003. First printing. Hardcover. ix, 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Fermat's Last Theorem : Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem

Aczel, Amir D. · 0

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, c1996. Hardcover. 147pp. 20 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Longing for the Harmonies : Themes and Variations from Modern Physics / Frank Wilczek and Betsy Devine.

Wilczek, Frank · 0

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

New York, Norton, c1988. First printing. Hardcover. xvi, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Very good condition/very good.

It Must Be Beautiful: Great Equations of Modern Science

Farmelo, Graham · 2002

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London, Granta, 2002. Hardcover. xvi, 283 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Digital Computers and Related Mathematics

Young, Frederick · 0

$17.00 (€15.42 | £12.87 | ¥2,715)

Ginn and Company, c1961. Paperback. iv, 40 p. illus. 24 cm. Very good condition .

Islands of Truth : A Mathematical Mystery Cruise

Peterson, Ivars · 1990

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New York, Freeman, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. xvii, 325 p. [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Very good condition/very good.

Archimedes' Revenge : The Joys and Perils of Mathematics

Hoffman, Paul · 1988

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New York, Norton, 1988. Hardcover. 285pp. 22 cm. Very good condition/good.

Six Wings: Men of Science in the Renaissance The Patten lectures, 1955

Sarton, George · 1957

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Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1957. Hardcover. 318pp. 24 cm. Very good condition .

Fundamentals of Mathematics

Stein, Edwin I. · 1952

$14.00 (€12.70 | £10.60 | ¥2,236)

Boston, Allyn and Bacon, 1952. First edition?. Hardcover. 220 p. illus. 26 cm. Good condition, spine ends worn .