PDF Books in Mathematics
Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest DudeneyAmusements in Mathematics, is a book of mathematical puzzles written by Henry Ernest Dudeney, an English mathematician remembered as creator of mathematical puzzles. This book contains detailed description of various type of puzzles and how to solve them using algebra and mathematics. A huge list of puzzles such as money puzzles, age and kinship..
Symbolic Logic
by Lewis CarrollLewis Carroll presents a delightfully light-hearted approach to predicate logic, in illustrating the very principles of logic that underly even the furthest reaches of mathematical practice. In many ways, a fascinating book, though I do admit I didn't actually do all of the exercises and quite a lot of the stuff was already known to me, I still enj..
The Game of Logic
by Lewis CarrollThe Game of Logic is a book written by Lewis Carroll, published in 1886. In addition to his well-known children's literature, Carroll was an academic mathematician who worked in mathematical logic. The book describes, in an informal and playful style, the use of a board game to represent logical propositions and inferences. Carroll incorporated the..
A Tangled Tale
by Lewis CarrollTangled Tale is a collection of 10 brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine. Arthur B. Frost added illustrations when the series was printed in book form. The stories, or Knots as Carroll calls them, present mathematical problems. In a lat..
An Essay On The Foundations Of Geometry
by Bertrand RussellAn Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897, and is based on Russell's Cambridge dissertation as well as lectures given during a journey through the USA. Bertrand Russell's Preface from the book:The present work is based on a dissertation submitted at the Fellowship Examination of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the year..
Five of Maxwell's Papers
by James Clerk MaxwellThis eBook includes 5 papers or speeches by James Clerk Maxwell.The contents are: Foramen Centrale Theory of Compound Colours Poinsot's Theory Address to the Mathematical Introductory LectureWhen observing the spectrum formed by looking at a long ve rtical slit through a simple prism, I no..
How to Become a Lightning Calculator
by AnonymousHow to Become a Lightning Calculator is a mental arithmetic book written by unknown author which provides techniques to quickly process common mathematical calculations.Instantaneous Addition.How to Add Two Columns at Once.Multiplication.Accurate Interest.Equation of Payments.The Lightning Calculator’s Addition.Bank Discount.How to Make Change.Proo..
The Fourth Dimension
by Charles Howard HintonThe fourth dimension is a subject which has had a great fascination for many teachers, and though one cannot pretend to have quite grasped Mr. Hinton’s conceptions and arguments, yet it must be admitted that he reveals the elusive idea in quite a fascinating light. Quite apart from the main thesis of the book many chapters are of great independent ..