02958nam 22006132 450 991079174790332120230112101552.01-61444-502-8(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(RPAM)15726737(EXLCZ)99256000000008138620111001d2009 uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMathematics in historical context /Jeff Suzuki[electronic resource]Washington :Mathematical Association of America,2009.1 online resource (x, 409 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Spectrum seriesTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-88385-570-4 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 aspectsHistoryMathematiciansHistoryMathematicsHistory.MathematicsSocial aspectsHistory.MathematiciansHistory.510.9Suzuki Jeff1478614Mathematical Association of America,UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910791747903321Mathematics in historical context3694353UNINA