Turning Points in the History of Mathematics

This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Grant, Hardy (Autor), Kleiner, Israel (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Compact Textbooks in Mathematics,
Temas:
Mathematics.
History.
Mathematics-Study and teaching .
Social sciences.
Geometry.
Algebra.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Mathematics Education.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Axiomatics - Euclid's and Hilbert's: From Material to Formal
  • Solution by Radicals of the Cubic: From Equations to Groups and from Real to Complex Numbers
  • Analytic Geometry: From the Marriage of Two Fields to the Birth of a Third
  • Probability: From Games of Chance to an Abstract Theory
  • Calculus: From Tangents and Areas to Derivatives and Integrals
  • Gaussian Integers: From Arithmetic to Arithmetics
  • Non-Euclidean Geometry: From One Geometry to Many
  • Hypercomplex Numbers: From Algebra to Algebras
  • The Infinite: From Potential to Actual
  • Philosophy of Mathematics: From Hilbert to Gödel
  • Some Further Turning Points
  • Index.

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