--- product_id: 264702563 title: "Dover Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning" price: "€ 127.39" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/264702563-dover-mathematics-its-content-methods-and-meaning store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Dover Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning **Price:** € 127.39 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dover Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning - **How much does it cost?** € 127.39 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/264702563-dover-mathematics-its-content-methods-and-meaning) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy Dover Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning by Aleksandrov, A. D. online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: Gostei do livro, porém achei a letra muito pequena. Review: “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” In this book, several of the best mathematicians of XX century explain their areas of research to high school graduates. That includes, for example, the genius Andrey Kolmogorov, who wrote the chapter on probability. For me, this book is a comprehensive overview of undergraduate math that I took (and parts that I didn't) in extremely short, accessible, yet rigorous form. The chapters include great real-life examples, history moments, critical definitions and proofs. Unlike university courses, which are pressured to include as much of important material, this book is written to be interesting and to explain key concepts - something that course textbooks often badly miss. Especially mind-blowing chapter is the one about analytic geometry. I never studied and never even seen anywhere a dedicated course on analytic geometry, its material was spread over various analysis, algebra, and differential equation courses, and never represented as a single consistent picture. However, from the chapter written by the genius Boris Delaunay it comes out as a fundamental math discipline, clear, intuitive and powerful, that explains many things done in other disciplines, which typically seem esoteric when taken out of geometric context. Besides super-strong math content, this book is also an intriguing historical document. Though the translator removed most of the unrelated communist propaganda content that these world-class scientists had to include to make the book printable in the USSR, the chapters still include some interesting materialist explanations of math principles. I think they did honestly believe in it in some ways, so most of the explanations make sense, and makes me think that maybe the view of mathematics as a pure abstract science, and not part of natural sciences, is incomplete, if not outright wrong. I can strongly recommend this book to young people considering choosing math or math-related major. I give the same recommendation to anyone who, like me, did study math but feels like misses something important. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #90,797 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #53 in Geometry & Topology #218 in Pure Mathematics #9,066 in Higher & Continuing Education Textbooks | | Customer reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (218) | | Dimensions | 14 x 5.5 x 21.5 cm | | ISBN-10 | 0486409163 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0486409160 | | Item weight | 294 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 1120 pages | | Publication date | 28 March 2003 | | Publisher | Dover Publications Inc. | ## Images ![Dover Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WRJB9REbL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by A***. on 19 March 2021* Gostei do livro, porém achei a letra muito pequena. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by R***V on 29 January 2024* “If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” In this book, several of the best mathematicians of XX century explain their areas of research to high school graduates. That includes, for example, the genius Andrey Kolmogorov, who wrote the chapter on probability. For me, this book is a comprehensive overview of undergraduate math that I took (and parts that I didn't) in extremely short, accessible, yet rigorous form. The chapters include great real-life examples, history moments, critical definitions and proofs. Unlike university courses, which are pressured to include as much of important material, this book is written to be interesting and to explain key concepts - something that course textbooks often badly miss. Especially mind-blowing chapter is the one about analytic geometry. I never studied and never even seen anywhere a dedicated course on analytic geometry, its material was spread over various analysis, algebra, and differential equation courses, and never represented as a single consistent picture. However, from the chapter written by the genius Boris Delaunay it comes out as a fundamental math discipline, clear, intuitive and powerful, that explains many things done in other disciplines, which typically seem esoteric when taken out of geometric context. Besides super-strong math content, this book is also an intriguing historical document. Though the translator removed most of the unrelated communist propaganda content that these world-class scientists had to include to make the book printable in the USSR, the chapters still include some interesting materialist explanations of math principles. I think they did honestly believe in it in some ways, so most of the explanations make sense, and makes me think that maybe the view of mathematics as a pure abstract science, and not part of natural sciences, is incomplete, if not outright wrong. I can strongly recommend this book to young people considering choosing math or math-related major. I give the same recommendation to anyone who, like me, did study math but feels like misses something important. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review *by E***W on 9 June 2013* Imagine a book on "mathematics", wherein the chapter on probability is written by Andrei Kolmogorov, the chapter on topology by Pavel Aleksandrov, the chapter on functional analysis by Israel Gelfand, and the chapter on partial differential equations by Sergei Sobolev and Olga Ladyzenskaja, to name just four of altogether 20 chapters, and just five of altogether 18 famous mathematicians, who are the authors of this work. Although written in an informal style, the book is worth being read not only by serious students and mathematically interested laypersons, but also by educators at the university level. E.g., everyone who lectures on probability and statistics will benefit from reading Kolmogorov's chapter on probability theory. Every mathematician as well as every mathematically interested non-mathematician will like this masterpiece of mathematical exposition. Moreover, this Dover edition (three volumes bound as one, more than 1100 pages) is really worth its price. ## Frequently Bought Together - Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning (3 Volumes in One) (Dover Books on Mathematics) - The Princeton Companion to Mathematics - The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/264702563-dover-mathematics-its-content-methods-and-meaning](https://www.desertcart.be/products/264702563-dover-mathematics-its-content-methods-and-meaning) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*