How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a corre
Spectrum 16 features such diverse visionary artists as James Jean (Fables), Brom (The Plucker), Iain McCaig (Star Wars), Peter de Sève (Ice Age), Anita Kunz (Rolling Stone), and nearly 400 more.
This collection of sixteen original essays is the first to explore a range of new developments in the philosophy of mathematics, in a way mathematicians will understand. Coverage includes emerging qu
A remarkable collection, which discusses not only Euler's well-known achievements in pure mathematics, but also his contributions in many other areas, from astronomy to music. Even readers already fam
Sandifer (mathematics, Western Connecticut State U.) takes a suitably respectful but also jocose tone in this compilation of his 40 monthly chapters about the work of the Swiss mathematician and scien
For 13 years the Spectrum annual has been the preeminent showcase for fantasy and sci-fi art and an invaluable resource for art directors and illustrators. Drawn from work created for books, comics,
The 99 points of intersection presented here were collected during a year-long search for surprising concurrence of lines. For each example we find compelling evidence for the sometimes startling fact
Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection of essays chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time, as view
This book contains a collection of tales about mathematicians and the mathematical, derived from the author's experience. It shares with the reader the nature of the mathematical enterprise, and gives
The Golden Section has played a part since antiquity in many parts of geometry, architecture, music, art and philosophy. However, it also appears in the newer domains of technology and fractals. This
Martin Gardner is widely known for his writing on recreational mathematics and this book collects together 36 of his most cunning brainteasers, which serve to illustrate the art of the mathematician a
Through hard experience mathematicians have learned to subject even the most 'evident' assertions to rigorous scrutiny, as intuition can often be misleading. This book collects and analyses a mass of
Mathematics can be fun for everyone, and this book shows it. It grew out of the author's popularisation of mathematics via live, call-in TV shows and widely published articles. Everyone paging through
Biorhythyms, Bible-numerology pyramidology and a plethora of other number-based delusions are here described. Dudley's message is that numbers do indeed have power, but over minds not events. This is
This is a reissue of a classic originally published in 1970, with a new preface and some additional problems. Acton deals with a commonsense approach to numerical algorithms for the solution of equati
Each chapter in this Gardner collection explores a different theme; for example fractals, surreal numbers, the sculptures of Berrocal, tiling the plane and code breaking. Gardner's clarity of style an
Julia is the story of Julia Bowman Robinson, the gifted and highly original mathematician who during her lifetime was recognized in ways that no other woman mathematician had ever been recognized. Thi
A delightful collection of articles about people who claim they have achieved the mathematically impossible (squaring the circle, duplicating the cube); people who think they have done something they
Eric Temple Bell (1883–1960) was a distinguished mathematician and a best selling popularizer of mathematics. Under the name of John Taine, he also published science fiction novels. Constance Reid gi
This is the story of American mathematics during the past century. It contains articles and excerpts from a century of the American Mathematical Monthly, giving the reader an opportunity to skim all o
Polyominoes will delight not only students and teachers of mathematics at all levels, but will be appreciated by anyone who likes a good geometric challenge. There are no prerequisites. If you like ji
Mathematicians and laymen alike have always been fascinated by simple numbers. This book is an introduction to a mythical book which might go under the name The Book of the Integers, a mythical book t
The Words of Mathematics explains the origins of over 1500 mathematical terms used in English. While other dictionaries of mathematics define technical terms, this book concentrates on where those ter
Underwood Dudley is well known for his collection of books on mathematical cranks. Here he offers yet another - angle trisectors. It is impossible to trisect angles with straightedge and compass alone
Do you expect to find articles about mathematics in your daily newspaper? If you are a reader of The Guardian you do, or at least you did during the second half of the 1980s. This volume collects many
Leading practitioners of recreational mathematics from around the world gathered in Calgary in 1986 to share with each other the joy and spirit of play that is to be found in recreational mathematics.
