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An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series) (6th Revised edition) ISBN: 0030295580 ISBN13: 9780030295584 An Introduction to the History of Mathematics (Saunders Series) (6th Revised edition) By: Howard Eves Publisher: Thomson Learning Format: Hardback Our Price: 34.99

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This classic best-seller by a well-known author introduces mathematics history to mathematics students. Suggested essay topics and problem studies challenge students. Cultural Connections sections explain the time and culture in which mathematics developed and evolved. Portraits of mathematicians and material on women in mathematics are of special interest.


Contents:

Before the 17th Century

Part I: Cultural Connections: The Hunters of the Savanna (The Stone Age)

Numeral Systems

Part II: Cultural Connections: The Agricultural Revolution (The Cradles of Civilization)

Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics

Part III: Cultural Connections: The Philosophers of the Agora (Hellenic Greece)

Phytagorean Mathematics

Duplication, Trisection, And Quadrature

Part IV: Cultural Connections: The Oikoumene (The Persian Empire, Hellenistic Greece, And the Roman Empire)

Euclid and His Elements

Greek Mathematics After Euclid

Part V: Cultural Connections: The Asian Empires (China, India, And the Rise of Islam)

Chinese, Hindu, And Arabian Mathematics

Part VI: Cultural Connections: Serfs, Lords, And Popes (The European Middle Ages)

European Mathematics, 500 to 1600

The 17th Century and After

Part VII: Cultural Connections: Puritans and Sea Dogs (The Expansion of Europe)

The Dawn of Modern Mathematics

Analytic Geometry and Other Precalculus Developments

The Calculus and Related Concepts

Part VIII: Cultural Connections: The Revolt of the Middle Class (The 18th Century in Europe and America)

The 18th Century and the Exploitation of the Calculus

Part IX: Cultural Connections (The Industrial Revolution (The 19th Century)

The Early 19th Century and the Liberation of Geometry and Algebra

The Late 19th Century and the Arithmetization of Analysis

Part X: Cultural Connections: The Atom and the Spinnnig Wheel (The 20th Century)

Transition Into the 20th Century

General Bibliography

A Chronological Table

Answers and Suggestions for the Solutions of the Problem Studies

Index.


Brief Description:

This is an introduction of mathematics history to mathematics students.

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