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The History of Mathematics

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Zusatztext Stimulating and accessible. Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Stedall researched and taught history of mathematics at the University of Oxford. She wrote a number of books on Early Modern European mathematics and co-edited, with Eleanor Robson, The Oxford Handbook of the history of mathematics. She was a longstanding member of the British Society for the History of Mathematics and Editor of its Bulletin. Klappentext In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain. Zusammenfassung In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Mathematics: myth and history 2: What is mathematics and who is a mathematician? 3: How are mathematical ideas disseminated? 4: Learning mathematics 5: Mathematical livelihoods 6: Getting inside mathematics 7: The evolving historiography of mathematics Further reading

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Authors Jacqueline Stedall
Publisher Oxford University Press Trade
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.02.2012
 
EAN 9780199599684
ISBN 978-0-19-959968-4
Dimensions 113 mm x 175 mm x 10 mm
Series Very Short Introductions
A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
A Very Short Introductions
A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION
Very Short Introductions
A Very Short Introductions
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries

MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, History of mathematics

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