A bestselling author tries to rehabilitate a much-maligned field.

A precursor to Russell’s famous Principa Mathematica, this is one of the most original and comprehensive treatises on the logical foundation of mathematics available today.

A practical, illuminating and timeless guide to thinking better, from a Royal Society Prize shortlisted mathematician - now in paperback.

• Noodzakelijke verdieping van de wiskundige basiskennis;

• accent op praktische toepassingen;

• inclusief apart uitwerkingenboek dat zelfstudie mogelijk maakt.

Wiskunde voor het hoger onderwijs, Deel B biedt de noodzakelijke verdieping op de basis die in het eerste jaar van de opleiding in Deel A is aangebracht. Kenmerkend is de toegankelijke en gestructureerde opzet, die in deze derde, herziene editie nog meer verbeterd is. Het onderdeel statistiek is eruit gehaald en het boek bestaat...

Currently, reproduction numbers of pandemic models (SIR, SEIR, Lotka-Euler and others), basic or not, and their constituent parameters like transmission rate or duration of infectiousness, mainly are estimated as one average value for either a moving period in time [0,t], or for the whole duration [0,T] of the pandemic. This book statistically investigates these parameters, and thereby the reproduction number as timedependent: hence the name 'Timelocal Reproduction Number'.

For instance, th...

A timely new edition, fully updated and revised, Standard Deviations demystifies the science behind the statistics

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.