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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Merzbach, Uta C., 1933- History of mathematics. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011 (DLC) 2010003424 (OCoLC)521733576 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Uta C Merzbach; Carl B Boyer |
ISBN: | 9780470630549 047063054X 9780470630563 0470630566 9786612987557 6612987553 |
OCLC Number: | 701718146 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 668 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | Traces -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Hellenic traditions -- Euclid of Alexandria -- Archimedes of Syracuse -- Apollonius of Perge -- Crosscurrents -- Ancient and medieval China -- Ancient and medieval India -- The Islamic hegemony -- The Latin West -- The European Renaissance -- Early modern problem solvers -- Analysis, synthesis, the infinite, and numbers -- British techniques and Continental methods -- Euler -- Pre- to postrevolutionary France -- Gauss -- Geometry -- Algebra -- Analysis -- Twentieth- century legacies -- Recent trends. |
Responsibility: | Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer. |
Abstract:
The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematics For more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind s relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns.
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...an engaging read for the mathematically minded. (Inside OR, June 2011).
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