02904nam 2200625 a 450 991046523520332120200520144314.01-61444-502-8(CKB)2560000000081386(OCoLC)817962534(CaPaEBR)ebrary10722464(SSID)ssj0000577706(PQKBManifestationID)11345303(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000577706(PQKBWorkID)10576999(PQKB)11459043(UkCbUP)CR9781614445029(MiAaPQ)EBC3330353(Au-PeEL)EBL3330353(CaPaEBR)ebr10722464(OCoLC)929120417(EXLCZ)99256000000008138620090506d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrMathematics in historical context[electronic resource] /Jeff SuzukiWashington, D.C. Mathematical Association of Americac20091 online resource (420 p.) Spectrum seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-88385-570-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-393) and index.The ancient world -- The classical world -- China and India -- The Islamic world -- The Middle Ages -- Renaissance and Reformation -- Early modern Europe -- The eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century -- The United States -- The modern world.What would Newton see if he looked out his bedroom window? Mathematics in Historical Context describes the world around the important mathematicians of the past, and explores the complex interaction between mathematics, mathematicians, and society. It takes the reader on a grand tour of history from the ancient Egyptians to the twentieth century to show how mathematicians and mathematics were affected by the outside world, and at the same time how the outside world was affected by mathematics and mathematicians. Part biography, part mathematics, and part history, this book provides the interested layperson the background to understand mathematics and the history of mathematics, and is suitable for supplemental reading in any history of mathematics course.MAA spectrum.MathematicsHistoryMathematicsSocial aspectsHistoryMathematiciansHistoryElectronic books.MathematicsHistory.MathematicsSocial aspectsHistory.MathematiciansHistory.510.9Suzuki Jeff949504Mathematical Association of America.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465235203321Mathematics in historical context2267870UNINA