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Mathematics in historical context [[electronic resource] /] / Jeff Suzuki



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Autore: Suzuki Jeff Visualizza persona
Titolo: Mathematics in historical context [[electronic resource] /] / Jeff Suzuki Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (420 p.)
Disciplina: 510.9
Soggetto topico: Mathematics - History
Mathematics - Social aspects - History
Mathematicians - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-393) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Mathematics in historical context  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-61444-502-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910465235203321
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Serie: MAA spectrum.