The History of Mathematics
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-44459-6 (ISBN)
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The text is divided into seven parts: * The World of Mathematics and the Mathematics of the World, including the origin and prehistory of mathematics, cultural surveys, and women mathematicians * Numbers, including counting, calculation, ancient number theory, and numbers and number theory in modern mathematics * Color Plates, illustrating the impact of mathematics on civilizations from Egypt to Japan to Mexico to modern Europe * Space, including measurement, Euclidean geometry, post-Euclidean geometry, and modern geometrics * Algebra, including problems leading to algebra, equations and methods, and modern algebra * Analysis, including the calculus, real, and complex analysis * Mathematical Inference, including probability and statistics, and logic and set theory As readers progress through the text, they learn about the evolution of each topic, how different cultures devised their own solutions, and how these solutions enabled the cultures to develop and progress. In addition, readers will meet some of the greatest mathematicians of the ages, who helped lay the groundwork for today's science and technology.
The book's lively approach makes it appropriate for anyone interested in learning how the field of mathematics came to be what it is today. It can also serve as a textbook for undergraduate or graduate-level courses. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon request from the Wiley editorial department.
ROGER COOKE, PHD, is Williams Professor of Mathematics, University of Vermont, and has served as an associate editor of Historia Mathematica. Dr. Cooke has authored other key titles in the field as well as translated several books by Russian mathematicians into English.
Preface to the Second Edition. PART 1: THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS AND THE MATHEMATICS OF THE WORLD. Chapter 1. The Origin and Prehistory of Mathematics. Chapter 2. Mathematical Cultures I. Chapter 3. Mathematical Cultures II. Chapter 4. Women Mathematicians. PART 2: NUMBERS. Chapter 5. Counting. Chapter 6. Calculation. Chapter 7. Ancient Number Theory. Chapter 8. Numbers and Number Theory in Modren Mathematics. PART 3: COLOR PLATES. PART 4: SPACE. Chapter 9. Measurement. Chapter 10. Euclidean Geometry. Chapter 11. Post-Euclidean Geometry. Chapter 12. Modern Geometries. PART 5: ALGEBRA. Chapter 13. Prolems Leading to Algebra. Chapter 14. Equations and Methods. Chapter 15. Modern Algebra. PART 6: ANALYSIS. Chapter 16. The Calculus. Chapter 17. Real and Complex Aanlysis. PART 7: MATHEMATICAL INFERENCES. Chapter 18. Probability and Statistics. Chapter 19. Logic and Set Theory. Literature. Subject Index. Name Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.5.2005 |
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Zusatzinfo | Illustrations (some col.) |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 181 x 257 mm |
Gewicht | 1199 g |
Einbandart | gebunden |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
ISBN-10 | 0-471-44459-6 / 0471444596 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-44459-6 / 9780471444596 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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