Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications is a 43-book series with 43 released primary works first released in 1977 with contributions by Luis A. Santaló, Robert McEliece, David Ruelle, L.C. Biedenharn, J.D. Louck, William B. Jones, Wolfgang J. Thron, Nathaniel F.G. Martin, James W. England, Gordon Douglas James and 41 others.