A history of mathematics /

For more than forty years, this book has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the P...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Merzbach, Uta C., 1933-2017
Otros Autores: Boyer, Carl B. (Carl Benjamin), 1906-1976
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Mathematics > History.
Mathématiques > Histoire.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
Mathematics
Mathematik
Mathematik > Geschichte.
Matematikens historia.
Electronic books.
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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