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Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. This title explores the curious imagination of this man who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes ...
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On October 23, 1852, Professor Augustus De Morgan wrote a letter to a colleague, unaware that he was launching one of the most famous mathematical conundrums in history - one that would confound thousands of puzzlers for more than a century. This is the story of how the map prob ...
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Presents a salutory warning to the international community against the fashionable but superficial view that there is an Irish model which can be exported to cauterise ethnic troubles around the globe.
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Serves as a lively introduction to the diversity of life in the seas and helps newcomers to marine biology recognize the main kinds of marine organisms.
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Northern Ireland is a complicated part of the Labour government's constitutional reform project. This text charts the historical background of the Belfast agreement, and sets out chapter by chapter the different institutions and their roles, and assesses their future prospects.
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For 800 years, mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone profound changes during that time. This illustrated book reveals the richness and influence of Oxford's mathematical tradition and the fascinating characters who ...
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This collection of six essays aims to illuminate the astronomical and mathematical life of the 19th century by focusing on the work and achievements of August Moebius - Moebius as mathematician and astronomer, teacher and scholar provides a good mirror of his time.
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From Ancient Greek times, music has been seen as a mathematical art, and the relationship between mathematics and music has fascinated generations. This collection of illustrated papers presents the link between these two subjects in a manner that is suitable for students of both ...
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With a foreword by Adam Hart-Davis, this book constitutes perhaps the first general survey of the mathematics of the Victorian period. It charts the institutional development of mathematics as a profession, as well as exploring the numerous innovations made during this time, many ...
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The Mathematical Intelligencer is one of a kind publication in the field of mathematics. This volume brings together a selection of the best of the Intelligencer , from its first eighteen years. It is useful for professional mathematicians, or readers with some training in the ...
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