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Key eBook Collections for Natural Sciences

The following is a list of searchable ebook collections that provide coverage of most major subject areas, including Natural Sciences subjects.

Ebooks on EBSCOhost
Full text of over 3,400 electronic books from most subject areas, including reference works, scholarly monographs, literature and fiction. Also includes a large number of public domain titles.
Ebrary Ebook
Provides full text access to electronic books in all subject areas. The Academic Complete collection currently includes more thatn 50,000 titles.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Provides full text of over 25,000 ebooks, primarily in science, technology and medicine.

Featured eBooks for Mathematics

Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics by B. S. Yadav (Editor); Man Mohan (Editor)
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9780817646950

Publication Date: 2011-01-20

This book presents contributions of mathematicians covering topics from ancient India, placing them in the broader context of the history of mathematics.
The Argument of Mathematics by Andrew Aberdein; Ian J. Dove
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9781299876132

Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Arnold's Problems by V. I. Arnold; Vladimir I. Arnold (Editor)
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9783540207481

Publication Date: 2004-11-15

Vladimir Arnold is one of the most outstanding mathematicians of our time Many of these problems are at the front line of current research
The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad and Further Explorations by Alexander Soifer
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9780387754727

Publication Date: 2011-04-11
The Conceptual Roots of Mathematics by J. R. Lucas
Call Number: Ebooks: ebrary

ISBN: 9780203028421

Publication Date: 1999-12-02

The Conceptual Roots of Mathematics is a comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. J.R. Lucas, one of the most distinguished Oxford scholars, covers a vast amount of ground in the philosophy of mathematics, showing us that it is actually at the heart of the study of epistemology and metaphysics.
Historical Encyclopedia of Natural and Mathematical Sciences by Ari Ben-Menahem; Ari Ben-Menahem
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9783540688327

Publication Date: 2009-03-04

This milestone extensive work combines the essentials of history biography, chronology, political and economic background with the observations, theories, principles, laws and equations that constitute the specifics of science.
Mathematics and Culture II by Michele Emmer
Call Number: Ebooks: SpringerLink

ISBN: 9783540264439

Publication Date: 2005-01-01

Creativity plays an important role in all human activities, from the visual arts to cinema and theatre, and in particular in science and mathematics . This volume, published only in English in the series Mathematics and Culture, stresses the strong links between mathematics, culture and creativity in architecture, contemporary art, geometry, computer graphics, literature, theatre and cinema.