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9781466501119 | A K Peters Ltd, December 19, 2011, cover price $24.95
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9780691148298 | Princeton Univ Pr, September 6, 2011, cover price $35.00
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9780486453330 | Dover Pubns, November 26, 2007, cover price $12.95
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9780486453392 | 2 edition (Dover Pubns, October 25, 2007), cover price $32.95 | About this edition: Useful to programmers and stimulating for theoreticians, this text offers a balanced presentation accessible to those with a background in calculus.
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9781568812700 | A K Peters Ltd, November 30, 2006, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: From the Preface: "This book is addressed to all who are curious about the nature of mathematics and its role in society.
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9780151252602 | Harcourt, October 1, 1986, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Examines the impact of mathematics on our social life and on our perceptions of reality, knowledge, and time, ranging from ancient Egyptian land surveys to Descartes' work
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9780486442525 | Dover Pubns, March 24, 2005, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: These provocative essays take a modern look at the 17th-century thinker's dream, examining the influences of mathematics on society, particularly in light of technological advances.
9780395431542 | Houghton Mifflin, August 1, 1987, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Examines the impact of mathematics on our social life and on our perceptions of reality, knowledge, and time
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9781568811161 | A K Peters Ltd, August 1, 2000, cover price $46.95 | About this edition: In this charming memoir, a renowned mathematician and winner of the American Book Award traces his career in mathematics from early lessons in horse racing and the realities of life to his adventures on the lecture circuit.
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9780817637392 | Birkhauser, July 1, 1995, cover price $69.95 | About this edition: Amazon.
9783764330187 | Birkhauser, April 1, 1982, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of mathematics, offers profiles of major mathematicians and their discoveries, and looks at the philosophy of mathematics
9780817630188, titled "Mathematical Experience" | Birkhauser, February 1, 1981, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This is the classic introduction for the educated lay reader to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities.
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9780395929681 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, January 14, 1999), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of mathematics, offers profiles of major mathematicians and their discoveries, and looks at the philosophy of mathematics
9780140224566 | Penguin USA, June 1, 1983, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: This is the classic introduction for the educated lay reader to the richly diverse world of mathematics: its history, philosophy, principles, and personalities.
9780395321317 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1982, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the history of mathematics, offers profiles of major mathematicians and their discoveries, and looks at the philosophy of mathematics
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9780817639396 | Birkhauser, January 1, 1997, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Take two parts biography, one part autobiography, one part mathematics, one part philosophy and one-half part fantasy.
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9780817638498 | Birkhauser, November 1, 1995, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: This guide is designed as a teaching tool, aimed at both teachers and student teachers.
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9780387944937 | Copernicus Books, May 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The further adventures of a feline philosopher and friend.
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9780828403382 | 2 edition (Chelsea Pub Co, October 1, 1994), cover price $34.00 | About this edition: From the Preface: "Twenty years ago, noting that the basic facts about circulant matrices and its relationship to the Discrete Fourier Transform were rediscovered over and over again, I thought it might be worthwhile to publish a small book in which these facts were summarized (1979).
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9781568810102 | A K Peters Ltd, June 1, 1993, cover price $34.00
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Thomas Gray, a cat that helps a Cambridge historian of mathematics with his reserch, purrs at the center of this light, philosophical tale wrapped around a mathematical problem
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9780151881000 | Harcourt, November 1, 1988, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Thomas Gray, a cat that helps a Cambridge historian of mathematics with his reserch, purrs at the center of this light, philosophical tale wrapped around a mathematical problem
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9780156901000, titled "Thomas Gray, Philosopher Cat" | Harcourt, November 1, 1990, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Thomas Gray, a cat that helps a Cambridge historian of mathematics with his reserch, purrs at the center of this light, philosophical tale wrapped around a mathematical problem
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Essays discuss mathematicians, mathematical history, translation, the steam engine, etymology, and their unexpected connections
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9783764330972 | Birkhauser, May 1, 1983, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In a highly personal story that spans centuries, continents, cultures, and scholarly disciplines, the author discusses answers to a variety of stimulating questions and binds them all into a coherent and entertaining whole.
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9780156901406 | 2 sub edition (Harcourt, October 1, 1989), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Essays discuss mathematicians, mathematical history, translation, the steam engine, etymology, and their unexpected connections
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9780140227871 | Viking Pr, June 1, 1988, cover price $19.95
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Essays explore the concept of the impossible in mountaineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, computer science, technology, physics, mathematics, law, politics, economics, education, music, and philosophy
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9780716718130 | W H Freeman & Co, March 1, 1987, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Essays explore the concept of the impossible in mountaineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, computer science, technology, physics, mathematics, law, politics, economics, education, music, and philosophy
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9780716719663 | W H Freeman & Co, March 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Essays explore the concept of the impossible in mountaineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, computer science, technology, physics, mathematics, law, politics, economics, education, music, and philosophy
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9780898747560 | Krieger Pub Co, June 1, 1985, cover price $30.50
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9780817633042 | Subsequent edition (Birkhauser, June 1, 1985), cover price $21.95
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9780122063602 | 2 sub edition (Academic Pr, June 1, 1984), cover price $102.00
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Uses large numbers to unify a readable presentation of exponents, computation, number theory, and repeating decimals
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9780883856062 | Mathematical Assn of Amer, July 1, 1975, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Uses large numbers to unify a readable presentation of exponents, computation, number theory, and repeating decimals
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9780486624952 | Dover Pubns, June 1, 1975, cover price $10.95
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9780883850176 | Mathematical Assn of Amer, June 1, 1973, cover price $15.00
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