The History of Mathematics

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

Product details

• 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