René Descartes 
La Géométrie de René Descartes 

Næsten ethvert fremskridt i civilisationens historie – fra konstruktionen af oldtidens pyramider til nutidens uundværlige datakryptering – hviler på et fundament af matematisk viden. Alligevel er der …

This book is based on a series of lectures at the Mathematics Department of the University of Jena, developed in the period from 1995 up to 2015. It is completed by additional material and extensions …

A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged a …

Dive into the intellectual origins of Western philosophy with ‘Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers.’ This comprehensive translation brings to life the fragments of wisdom left by the ancient Gre …

The language of the universe is mathematics, but how exactly do you know that all parts of the universe ‘speak’ the same language? Benioff builds on the idea that the entity that gives substance to b …

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, …

Do you know poetry can be motivational? Poetry has great power. Let You Will Pass Geometry: Poetry Affirmations for Math Students by Walter the Educator motivate students to pass their class! Creatin …

This title is part of UC Press’s Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and …

Why does it always seem like the elevator is going down when you need to go up? Is it really true that 0.99999 . . . with an infinite number of 9s after the decimal point, is equal to 1? What do tea …