The History of Mathematics
An Introduction
6th Edition
Published on 1. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
788 pages
978-0-07-110635-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text is designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college. It concentrates on the history of those topics typically covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. At least one year of calculus is a prerequisite for this course. This book contains enough material for a 2 semester course but it is flexible enough to be used in the more common 1 semester course.
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Edition
6th New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
1222 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-110635-1 (9780071106351)
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Content
Preface 1 Early Number Systems and Symbols 2 Mathematics in Early Civilizations 3 The Beginnings of Greek Mathematics 4 The Alexandrian School: Euclid 5 The Twilight of Greek Mathematics: Diophantus 6 The First Awakening: Fibonacci 7 The Renaissance of Mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia 8 The Mechanical World: Descartes and Newton 8.1 The Dawn of Modern Mathematics 9 The Development of Probability Theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace 10 The Revival of Number Theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss 11 Nineteenth-Century Contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky 12 Transition to the Twenthieth Century: Canto and Kronecker 13 Extensions and Generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether General Bibliography Additional Reading The Greek Alphabet Solutions to Selected Problems Index