John Stillwell is professor of mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of
Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out (Princeton).
43 Ebooks by John Stillwell
John Stillwell: Elements of Mathematics
An exciting look at the world of elementary mathematics Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics—but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject is …
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€24.99
John Stillwell: Reverse Mathematics
This book presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Reverse mathematics is a new field that answers some old questions. In the two thousand years that mathem …
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€20.99
Eric Koomen & John Stillwell: Modelling Land-Use Change
Models of land-use change incorporate a vast amount of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines. Geography contributes to the understanding of land-use change whilst demography and economics help e …
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€213.99
Stan Geertman & John Stillwell: Planning Support Systems Best Practice and New Methods
Planning Support Systems: Retrospect and Prospect It has been nearly twenty years since the term ‘planning support systems’ (PSS) first appeared in an article by Britton Harris (Harris 1989) and more …
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€213.99
John Stillwell & Ernestina Coast: Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility
Many parts of the world are experiencing rapid demographic restructuring, resulting in an ageing population with increasingly significant work and care pressures on cohorts less able or willing to pr …
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€96.29
Egbert Brieskorn & Horst Knörrer: Plane Algebraic Curves
In a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the theory of plane algebraic curves, the authors examine this classical area of mathematics that both figured prominently in ancient Greek studies and …
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€117.69
John Stillwell: The Real Numbers
While most texts on real analysis are content to assume the real numbers, or to treat them only briefly, this text makes a serious study of the real number system and the issues it brings to light. …
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€41.64
Stan Geertman & Joseph Ferreira, Jr.: Planning Support Systems and Smart Cities
This book is a selection of the best and peer-reviewed articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2015 at MIT in …
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€149.79
Stan Geertman & Andrew Allan: Planning Support Science for Smarter Urban Futures
This book offers a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) Conference, held in the second week of July 2017 at the University of South …
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€213.99
Stan Geertman & Fred Toppen: Planning Support Systems for Sustainable Urban Development
This book collects a selection of the best articles presented at the CUPUM (Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of July 2013 in Utrecht, the …
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€149.79
John Stillwell & Paul Norman: Spatial and Social Disparities
Inequality is one of the major problems of the contemporary world. Significant geographical disparities exist within nations of the developed world, as well as between these countries and those refer …
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€96.29
John Stillwell & Martin Clarke: Population Dynamics and Projection Methods
Although the human population growth rate of the world has been declining since peaking in the early 1960s, the populations of individual countries are changing at different rates. Popula …
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€96.29
John Stillwell: Elements of Number Theory
This book is intended to complement my Elements oi Algebra, and it is similarly motivated by the problem of solving polynomial equations. However, it is independent of the algebra book, and probably …
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€56.20
John Stillwell: Four Pillars of Geometry
Many people think there is only one "right" way to teach geometry. For two millennia, the "right" way was Euclid’s way, and it is still good in many respects. But in the 1950s the …
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€43.86
John Stillwell: Naive Lie Theory
In this new textbook, acclaimed author John Stillwell presents a lucid introduction to Lie theory suitable for junior and senior level undergraduates. In order to achieve this, he focuses on the …
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€56.00
John Stillwell: Yearning for the Impossible
Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the …
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€45.00
John Stillwell: Yearning for the Impossible
Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truth of Mathematics, Second Edition explores the history of mathematics from the perspective of the creative tension between common sense and the …
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€45.00
John (University of Leeds, UK) Stillwell: The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications
The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country’s population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effect …
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€53.85
John (University of Leeds, UK) Stillwell: The Routledge Handbook of Census Resources, Methods and Applications
The collection of reliable and comprehensive data on the magnitude, composition and distribution of a country’s population is essential in order for governments to provide services, administer effect …
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€53.34
John Stillwell: Mathematics and Its History
From the reviews of the second edition:"This book covers many interesting topics not usually covered in a present day undergraduate course, as well as certain basic topics such as the …
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€62.68
John Stillwell: Numbers and Geometry
NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields–algebra, analysis and geometry–meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad …
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€54.94
John Stillwell: Geometry of Surfaces
Geometry used to be the basis of a mathematical education; today it is not even a standard undergraduate topic. Much as I deplore this situation, I welcome the opportunity to make a fresh start. …
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€68.69
John Stillwell: Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory
In recent years, many students have been introduced to topology in high school mathematics. Having met the Mobius band, the seven bridges of Konigsberg, Euler’s polyhedron formula, and knots, the …
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€75.22
Max Dehn: Papers on Group Theory and Topology
The work of Max Dehn (1878-1952) has been quietly influential in mathematics since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1900 he became the first to solve one of the famous Hilbert problems (the …
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€87.25
John Stillwell: Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory
In recent years, many students have been introduced to topology in high school mathematics. Having met the Mobius band, the seven bridges of Konigsberg, Euler’s polyhedron formula, and knots, the …
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€90.04
John Stillwell: Mathematics and Its History
From the reviews of the first edition: "There are many books on the history of mathematics in which mathematics is subordinated to history. This is a book in which history is definitely …
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€89.84
John Stillwell: Elements of Algebra
Algebra is abstract mathematics – let us make no bones about it – yet it is also applied mathematics in its best and purest form. It is not abstraction for its own sake, but abstraction for the sake …
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€68.54
John Stillwell: Mathematics and Its History
One of the disappointments experienced by most mathematics students is that they never get a course in mathematics. They get courses in calculus, algebra, topology, and so on, but the division of …
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€89.93
Stan Geertman & John Stillwell: Planning Support Systems in Practice
Planning Support Systems: Technologies that are Driving Planning Michael Batty Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC 1 E 6BT, United …
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€224.82
John Stillwell: Wahrheit, Beweis, Unendlichkeit
In dem Buch erkundet der preisgekrönte Autor John Stillwell die Konsequenzen, die sich ergeben, wenn man die Unendlichkeit akzeptiert, und diese Konsequenzen sind vielseitig und überraschend. Der Les …
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€16.54
Stan Geertman & Stan Openshaw: Geographical Information and Planning
The 1990s have seen some remarkable changes in geographical information (GI) provision and computer technology that have impacted on many of the activities that constitute planning in all its …
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€162.21
Henk J. Scholten & John Stillwell: Contemporary Research in Population Geography
Significant changes have occured in the structural composition and geographical distribu- tion of the populations of North West European countries during the 1970’s and 1980’s. Whilst the subject …
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€56.36
Henk J. Scholten & John Stillwell: Land Use Simulation for Europe
Land use change is driven by a variety of forces, including spatial policies formulated at supra-national, national, regional and local levels. The main focus of this book is to contextualise, …
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€160.67
Henk J. Scholten & John Stillwell: Geographical Information Systems for Urban and Regional Planning
In August 1989, a Summer Institute was held at the Academie van Bouwkunst, the seventeenth century home of Amsterdam’s School of Architecture, Town Planning and Landscape. The meeting brought …
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€162.18
John Stillwell: Roads to Infinity
Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award for 2011!This book offers an introduction to modern ideas about infinity and their implications for mathematics. It unifies ideas from set theory …
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€62.66
John Stillwell: Sources of Hyperbolic Geometry
This book presents, for the first time in English, the papers of Beltrami, Klein, and Poincare that brought hyperbolic geometry into the mainstream of mathematics. A recognition of Beltrami …
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€74.96
John Stillwell: Mathematics and Its History
This textbook provides a unified and concise exploration of undergraduate mathematics by approaching the subject through its history. Readers will discover the rich tapestry of ideas behind familiar …
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€19.99
John Stillwell: The Story of Proof
How the concept of proof has enabled the creation of mathematical knowledge The Story of Proof investigates the evolution of the concept of proof—one of the most significant and defining features of …
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€47.99
