The Birth of Mathematics
Author: Michael J. Bradley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0791097234
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Author: Michael J. Bradley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 0791097234
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 836
ISBN-13: 9780393320305
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"For Ivor Grattan-Guinness . . . the story of how numbers were invented and harnessed is a passionate, physical saga."--"The New Yorker." The author charts the growth of mathematics through the centuries and describes the evolution of arithmetic and geometry, trigonometry, and other disciplines.
Author: Carl Benjamin Boyer
Publisher:
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9780691023915
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Description for this book, A History of Mathematics, will be forthcoming.
Author: Hardy Grant
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2016-04-15
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1493932640
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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, can help illuminate the importance of the history of mathematics for its teaching, learning, and appreciation. Some of the turning points considered are the rise of the axiomatic method (most famously in Euclid), and the subsequent major changes in it (for example, by David Hilbert); the “wedding,” via analytic geometry, of algebra and geometry; the “taming” of the infinitely small and the infinitely large; the passages from algebra to algebras, from geometry to geometries, and from arithmetic to arithmetics; and the revolutions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that resulted from Georg Cantor’s creation of transfinite set theory. The origin of each turning point is discussed, along with the mathematicians involved and some of the mathematics that resulted. Problems and projects are included in each chapter to extend and increase understanding of the material. Substantial reference lists are also provided. Turning Points in the History of Mathematics will be a valuable resource for teachers of, and students in, courses in mathematics or its history. The book should also be of interest to anyone with a background in mathematics who wishes to learn more about the important moments in its development.
Author: Cédric Villani
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2015-04-14
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0374710236
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 2010, French mathematician Cédric Villani received the Fields Medal, the most coveted prize in mathematics, in recognition of a proof which he devised with his close collaborator Clément Mouhot to explain one of the most surprising theories in classical physics. Birth of aTheorem is Villani's own account of the years leading up to the award. It invites readers inside the mind of a great mathematician as he wrestles with the most important work of his career. But you don't have to understand nonlinear Landau damping to love Birth of aTheorem. It doesn't simplify or overexplain; rather, it invites readers into collaboration. Villani's diaries, emails, and musings enmesh you in the process of discovery. You join him in unproductive lulls and late-night breakthroughs. You're privy to the dining-hall conversations at the world's greatest research institutions. Villani shares his favorite songs, his love of manga, and the imaginative stories he tells his children. In mathematics, as in any creative work, it is the thinker's whole life that propels discovery—and with Birth of aTheorem, Cédric Villani welcomes you into his.
Author: David M. Burton
Publisher: WCB/McGraw-Hill
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780697068552
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The History of Mathematics: An Introduction," Sixth Edition, is written for the one- or two-semester math history course taken by juniors or seniors, and covers the history behind the topics typically covered in an undergraduate math curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. Elegantly written in David Burton's imitable prose, this classic text provides rich historical context to the mathematics that undergrad math and math education majors encounter every day. Burton illuminates the people, stories, and social context behind mathematics'greatest historical advances while maintaining appropriate focus on the mathematical concepts themselves. Its wealth of information, mathematical and historical accuracy, and renowned presentation make The History of Mathematics: An Introduction, Sixth Edition a valuable resource that teachers and students will want as part of a permanent library.
Author: Sasaki Chikara
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 3034875215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Niccolò Guicciardini
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2021-07-22
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 1108883281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe controversial matters surrounding the notion of anachronism are difficult ones: they have been broached by literary and art critics, by philosophers, as well as by historians of science. This book adopts a bottom-up approach to the many problems concerning anachronism in the history of mathematics. Some of the leading scholars in the field of history of mathematics reflect on the applicability of present-day mathematical language, concepts, standards, disciplinary boundaries, indeed notions of mathematics itself, to well-chosen historical case studies belonging to the mathematics of the past, in European and non-European cultures. A detailed introduction describes the key themes and binds the various chapters together. The interdisciplinary and transcultural approach adopted allows this volume to cover topics important for history of mathematics, history of the physical sciences, history of science, philosophy of mathematics, history of philosophy, methodology of history, non-European science, and the transmission of mathematical knowledge across cultures.
Author: Judith Veronica Field
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 0198523947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully illustrated, this story brings together the histories of arts and mathematics and shows how infinity at last acquired a precise mathematical meaning.
Author: Euclid
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.