History of mathematics

Book Cover: Don't You Have Time to Think?

Richard Feynman was one of the most inspirational men of our times. He won the Nobel Prize, wrote equations on napkins in strip joints, cracked safes for fun while working on the atom bomb, upset those in authority, and touched countless lives. He also wrote hundreds of witty, eccentric, and moving letters to his family, friends, critics, colleagues, and devoted fans around the world. Now these letters...

Published: 03/04/2006

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141021133

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Seduced By Logic

By Robyn Arianrhod

From the acclaimed author of Einstein's Heroes , comes the gripping story of two of the most glamorous and influential women of mathematics

Issac Newton's Principia changed forever humanity's understanding of its place in the universe – not with the traditional tools of theology or philosophy but with the seductive logic of mathematics.

Published: 30/05/2011

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780702237386

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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

By Richard P Feynman

'The reason why people such as Feynman 'do' science is simply because it is there – the thrill of finding out how the world works'
John Gribbin

Published: 15/01/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141031439

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The Meaning of it All

By Richard Feynman

What is science and what is its true value? Can a scientist believe in God? Why, in this supposedly scientific age, is there such widespread fascination with flying saucers, faith healing, astrology and alien invasion? Can there be such a thing as a satisfactory philosophy of ignorance?

At the peak of his career, maverick genius Richard Feynman gave three public lectures addressing the questions that...

Published: 15/01/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141031446

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What Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures of a Curi ous Character

By Richard Feynman

Richard Feynman – Nobel Laureate, teacher, icon and genius – possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life.

In this collection of short pieces and reminiscences he describes everything from his love of beauty to college pranks to how his father taught him to think. He takes us behind the scenes of the space shuttle...

Richard Feynman – Nobel Laureate, teacher, icon and genius – possessed an unquenchable thirst for adventure and an unparalleled gift for telling the extraordinary stories of his life.

In this...

Published: 07/01/2008

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141030883

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Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life

By Robin Wilson

'A delightful blend of whimsy, satire, endlessly ingenious puns, brain-teasers and unexpected (but very accessible) mathematical insights' Matthew Reisz, The Times Higher Education Supplement

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.

'A delightful blend of whimsy, satire, endlessly ingenious puns, brain-teasers and unexpected (but very accessible) mathematical insights' Matthew Reisz, The Times Higher Education Supplement

Lewis...

Published: 07/09/2009

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780141016108

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Six Easy Pieces

By Richard Feynman

Richard P Feynman inspired a generation of students across the world with his energetic, unorthodox style of teaching. An outstanding communicator, he presented complex problems in simplified, understandable terms, returning to the fundamentals of physics and illuminating key concepts in a fresh and dynamic way. Drawn from his celebrated and landmark text Lectures on Physics , this collection of essays...

Published: 18/11/1998

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140276664

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Six Not-so-easy Pieces

By Richard Feynman

Taken from his celebrated Caltech lectures, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces is more challenging in its content than the previous volume Six Easy Pieces (Penguin 1998), providing an exhilarating analysis of one of the most important general areas of modern theoretical physics: Relativity. The lectures, delivered in Feynman's inimitable style, begin by dealing with issues of symmetry before moving on to Einstein's...

Published: 19/09/2000

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140276671

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The Character of Physical Law

By Richard Feynman

These legendary lectures from Richard Feynman, delivered in 1960 and recorded for the BBC, are the perfect example of his gift for making complex subjects accessible and hugely entertaining. Here, he gives his own unique, freewheeling take on the puzzles and problems that lie at the heart of physical theory, with lectures on Newton's Law of Gravitation, on mathematics as the supreme language of nature...

Published: 12/11/1992

Format: Paperback

ISBN: 9780140175059

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QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter

By Richard Feynman

Quantum electrodynamics – or QED, for short – is the revolutionary theory that explains how light and electrons interact. Thanks to Richard Feynman and his colleagues, who won the Nobel Prize for their ground-breaking work in this area, it is also one of the rare parts of physics that is known for sure , a theory that has stood the test of time. In these entertaining and witty lectures...

Quantum electrodynamics – or QED, for short – is the revolutionary theory that explains how light and electrons interact. Thanks to Richard Feynman and his colleagues, who won the Nobel Prize...

Published: 30/03/1990

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ISBN: 9780140125054

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