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Paulos, John Allen
Beyond Numeracy: Ruminations of a Numbers Man
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf New York, 1991
Tan paper over boards with red quarter-cloth, in brown and green glossy illustrated jacket, 8vo. 1st edition. Index, suggested reading, list of author's "top-40" mathematicians. Illustrations throughout. Fine/Fine. Book and jacket are as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Neither ex-lib nor remainder. Jacket in Brodart. ISBN: 0394586409. First Edition Fine. Hard Cover Fine
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Item number: 009377.
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House, Peggy A. & Arthur F. Coxford
Connecting Marthematics Across the Curriculum
Publisher: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Reston, VA, 1995
Purple, blue and orange laminate boards, no jacket, 8vo. viii+245pp. 1995 Yearbook NCTM. 26 papers with references. Fine. Unused; tight binding never broken-in. ISBN: 0873533941. Hard Cover Fine
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Item number: 002420.
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Shapiro, Jesse M.; Whitney, D. Ransom
Elementary Analysis and Statistics: Mathematics for Administrative, Behavioral, and Biological Sciences
Publisher: Charles E. Merrill Columbus, OH, 1971
Charcoal grey cloth with gilt titles to spine and front, no jacket, 8vo. 3rd edition. xiv+704pp. Index, tabular appendices. Exercises throughout. Introduction to both calculus and statistics through inferential tests. Somewhat more proof-oriented than most "math-for .." titles. NF. Light shelving soil and foxing to page edges; prev. owner's name stamps to endpapers. Cloth and pages clean and unmarked; binding tight and square. Not ex-lib. ISBN: 0675098866. Hardcover NF
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Item number: 011570.
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Rapoport, Anatol
Fights, Games and Debates
Publisher: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, 1970
Black cloth with red and white titles to spine, in white, olive and orange illustrated jacket, 8vo. 4th printing. xvi+400pp. Index, references, endnotes. Overview of mathematical modeling of conflict via game theory by one of the leading pioneering figures in the field. Light mathematical treatment. Fine/VG. Book is as new save for very small location stamps to page edges and title page. Bright, tight, sharp and otherwise unmarked. Jacket has mild rippling from very faint 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" dampstain lower rea corner, spine end softening. Central colors, titles and figures all bright and sharp in Brodart. ISBN: 0472756044 VG. Hardcover Fine
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AUD 11.48 | CAD 12.31 | EUR 9.21 | GBP 7.88 | JPY 1,080.00 | MXN 132.00 | ZAR 118.80 |
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Item number: 010377.
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Casti, John L.
Five Golden Rules: Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics - and Why They Matter
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons New York, 1996
Blue paper over boards with gilt titles to spine, in blue and white glossy jacket, 8vo. xiv+235pp. Index, figures. Mathematical development at pre-calculus level. Theories disccussed are Minimax, Brouwer Fixed-Point, Morse's, and Halting Theorems, and Simplex Method. Nf/NF. Book and jacket are both lightly bumped at upper corners with creases but no tears or loss. Mild abrasion to jacket front panel lower corner. Else fine: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. In Brodart. ISBN: 0471002615 NF. Hard Cover NF
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Item number: 005568.
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Peterson, Ivars
Fragments of Infinity: A Kaleidoscope of Math and Art
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons New York, 2001
Smooth black paper over boards with gilt titles to spine, in white glossy jacket with Escher Mobius strips to front, 9 1/2" x 8". 232pp. Index, further reading. 8-page section color plates, figures throughout. NF/Fine. Prev. owner's bookplate to ffep. Book and jacket are otherwise as new: bright, sharp and unmarked with especially tight, yet-to-be broken-in binding. Jacket in Brodart. neither ex-lib nor remainder. ISBN: 0471165581 Fine. Hard Cover NF
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Item number: 009379.
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Anderson, Sabra S.
Graph Theory and Finite Combinatorics
Publisher: Markham Chicago, 1970
Reddish-brown cloth, no jacket, 8vo. viii+180pp. Index, bibliography, figures throughout. Graphs and applications with material on matrix theory, colorability, Mengerian Theorems, groups and applications. Most disitnctive section is on finite projective planes. Ex-lib (Library of Congress duplicate withdrawl). Corners bumped, rubbing along spine with surface loss at patch near publisher's name (possible call former call tag). Surface loss to rear pastedown from pocket removal. Interior text clean and unmarked, binding tight and square. Overall VG-. ISBN: 0841010161. Hard Cover VG-
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Item number: 002246.
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Velleman, Daniel J.
How to Prove It: A Structured Approach
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Cambridge, 1995
Trade softcover in white and brown illustrated wraps, 8vo. Reprint edition, 1995. ix+309pp. Index, summary of techniques, suggestions for further reading. Exercises. Near Fine. Mild overall curl to volume with no associated creases, etc. Three sentences underlined first page of introduction. Mild curl tip of upper front wrap. Else fine: bright, tight and unmarked. Former price label lower rear wrap. ISBN: 0521446635. Paperback NF
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Item number: 012049.
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Vilenkin, N. Ya.
In Search of Infinity
Publisher: Birkhauser Boston, 1995
Blue-green illustrated boards, no jacket, 8vo. vii+145pp. Notes, 34 figures. Translated by Abe Shenitzer. Popular, yet intermediate-level mathematically sophisticated introduction to infinite sets, "monster" curves, foundational issues, etc. NF. Mild rubbing to boards with no loss of color, touches of surface loss to tips. Otherwise as new: binding tight and square, pages bright and unmarked. ISBN: 0817638199. Hard Cover NF
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Item number: 003536.
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Jones, Samuel I.
Mathematical Nuts for Lovers of Mathematics (rev. ed,. 1936)
Publisher: Author Nashville, TN, 1936
Ex-academic-lib (see description below). Hardcover with textured red paper and red leather quarter binding, gilt titles to spine and gilt titles and figures to front, no jacket, large 12mo / small 8vo. x + 340pp. Problems, solutions and illustrations throughout. Library indications are white printed call to mid spine, stamps to page edges and lower copyright page, bookplatye to front pastedown, checksheet to rear pastedown (no pocket). Apart from lib disticntions, VG+ to NF with mild spine slant (no effect on tight, strong binding), shelving soil, very light rubbing along corners. Colors and gilt bvright and clean, pages clean and unmarked. Hardcover VG+
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Item number: 012293.
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D'Angelo, John P. & Douglas B. West
Mathematical Thinking: Problem-Solving and Proofs
Publisher: Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1997
Illustrated brown laminate boards, no jacket, 8vo. 3rd printing. xviii+365pp. Index, suggested reading. Introductory undergraduate text drawing topics from fundamentals (sets, functions, etc.), number theory, discrete math and continuous math (reals, continuity, differentiation and integration). Emphasis on developing problem-solving/proving techniques. NF. 1/2" scratch with surface loss only perpindicular to and meeting mid front fore edge. Touches of surface loss to tips. Else fine: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 0132633930. Hard Cover NF
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Item number: 004381.
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Paulos, John Allen
Mathematics and Humor
Publisher: University Of Chicago Chicago, 1980
White cloth with blue titles to spine, in white and blue illustrated jacket, 8 1/4" square. 116pp. Index. Figures throughout. Fine/VG. Book is as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. Price-clipped jacket has light rubbing with touches of surface loss near author's name front panel, along hinges and spine ends. Mild soil rear panel only. Central colors, titles and figures sharp and bright. Jacket in Brodart. Not ex-lib. ISBN: 0226650243 VG. Hardcover Fine
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Item number: 011415.
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Polya, G. [George]
Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, 2 Vols.: Induction and Analogy in Mathematics & Patterns of Plausible Inference
Publisher: Princeton University Press Princeton, NJ, 1954
Ex-academic-psychology dept library (Cornell); see description below. 2 volumes in matching brown cloth in matching grey uncoated card jackets, 8vos. xvi + 280pp. & x +190pp. The classic work complete, and terrific bedside reading for the so-inclined (would never sell if I didn't already have a set.) Bibliography in v.2. Problems with detailed solutions in each volume. Library inidications are bookplate to front pastedown and pocket to rear pastedown of v.2; no other indications (v.1 is assumed to be of same provenance). VG/VG to VG+/VG+. Both volumes in near identical condition with mild rubbing to cloth along lower edges and spine end; shelving soil to upper page edges; toning to clean, unmarked pages. Binding tight and square. Jacket to volume 1 has mild sunning to spine with titles strong, internally tape-repaired 1" tear lower front edge, light toning/rubbing along edges with central titles and colors sharp and clean. Jacket to v.2 has light closed tears and chipping (internally tape-repaired) upper spine end, mild chips lower spine end. Light toning to spine but no sunning. Shallow light dampstain with no adverse effects along front upper edge. Otherwise as v.1 jacket overall. Both jackets in non-institiutional Brodarts. VG. Hardcover VG
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Item number: 012177.
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Marlow, W. H.
Mathematics for Operations Research
Publisher: Dover New York, 1993
Trade paperback in light blue stiff-Dover wraps, 8vo. xv+483pp.+ads. Reprints 1978 original. Index, references. Exercises throughout with hints, answers to rear. Figures. NF. Light rubbing to spine ends and immediately adjacent front upper edge. Mild wear/curl to tips of corners. All else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 0486677230. Soft Cover NF
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Item number: 004382.
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Saaty, Thomas L. & Joseph Bram
Nonlinear Mathematics
Publisher: McGraw-Hill New York, 1964
Blue cloth with gilt titles to front and spine, in white, red and black jacket, 8vo. International Series in Pure and Applied Mathematics. xv+381pp. Index. Introduction to nonlinear systems in a variety of contexts: algebra, transformations, differential equations, optimizatipon theory, etc. VG/G+. Book is slightly shaken but holding tight and fine, lightly toned but clean and unmarked, cloth lightly rubbed near upper edges. jacket is rubbed with associated soil, wear with light tears to spine ends, faded jacket. Primarily a very good reading/study copy. In Brodart. G+. Hard Cover VG
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Item number: 004054.
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Whittaker, Sir Edmund; Robinson, G.
The Calculus of Observations: A Treatis on Numerical Mathematics (4th Ed.)
Publisher: Blackie & Son London, 1954
Green cloth with gilt titles and publisher's figure to front, no jacket, 8vo. Later printing of 4th edition. xvi+397pp. Index, foldouts (one with handwritten entires to exercises). VG. Abrasion with surface loss to corners and spine ends, mild rubbing to rear wrap with central cloth and gilt sharp and bright. Binding tight and square, pages clean and unmarked, save for prev. owner's name in small hand upper corner ffep. Hardcover VG
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Item number: 010380.
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Devlin, Keith
The Math Gene: How Mathematical Thinking Evolved and Why Numbers Are Like Gossip
Publisher: Basic Books New York, 2000
White paper over boards with white quarter binding, in black and white glossy jacket, 8vo. 1st ed. xiv+328pp. Index, references, figures throughout. NF/NF. Bumping with light crease to upper corners book and jacket. Else as new: bright, tight, sharp and unmarked. ISBN: 0465016189 NF. Hard Cover NF
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AUD 5.05 | CAD 5.42 | EUR 4.05 | GBP 3.47 | JPY 475.45 | MXN 58.11 | ZAR 52.30 |
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Item number: 005932.
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Berlekamp, Elwyn; Rodgers, Tom
The Mathemagician and Pied Puzzler: A Collection in Tribute to Martin Gardner
Publisher: A K Peters Natick, MA, 1999
Brown and orange laminate boards, no jacket, 8vo. x + 266pp. References with articles. NF. Bump to mid upper rear edge with two toches of surface loss revealing underlying card with no peeling or tearing. Very mild associated bump to upper front edge. All else as new: bright, tight and sharp. ISBN: 156881075X. Hard Cover NF
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Item number: 008889.
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Charles, Randall I. & Edward A. Silver (eds.)
The Teaching and Assessing of Mathematical Problem Solving
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates / National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Reston, VA, 1988
Brown boards with gilt stamped titles to front and spine, 8vo. Research Agenda for Mathematics Education, Vol. 3. x+282pp+lists of working group members. References with papers. Seventeen papers. Contributors include (among others): Silver, Lauren Resnick, Alan Schoenfeld, Jermy Kilpatrick and Nel Noddings. Slight softening/wear to spine ends and tips of boards. All else fine: bright, tight and unmarked. ISBN: 0805803556. Hard Cover NF
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AUD 36.71 | CAD 39.38 | EUR 29.46 | GBP 25.22 | JPY 3,454.55 | MXN 422.22 | ZAR 380.00 |
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Item number: 002376.
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Darling, David
The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Hoboken, NJ, 2004
Black paper over boards with gilt titles to spine, in white illustrated glossy jacket, 9 1/2" x 7 3/4". ix+383pp. Index, references. Puzzles throughout text with answers to rear. Figures. Comprehensive, non-technical introductory-level alphabetic entires on concepts, problems, persons, etc. NF/Fine. Book and jacket are as new save for prev. owner's bookplate to ffep. Bright, sharp, tight and unmarked. In Brodart. ISBN: 0471270474 Fine NF
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Item number: 004387.
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