Name: AN INTRO TO THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS By Howard Eves
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AN INTRO TO THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS by Howard Eves

This classic best-seller by a well-known author introduces mathematics history to math and math education majors. Suggested essay topics and problem studies challenge students. CULTURAL CONNECTIONS sections explain the time and culture in which mathematics developed and evolved. Portraits of mathematicians and material on women in mathematics are of special interest.

Before the 17th Century. Part I: Cultural Connections: The Hunters of the Savanna (The Stone Age). Numeral Systems. Part II: Cultural Connections: The Agricultural Revolution (The Cradles of Civilization). Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics. Part III: Cultural Connections: The Philosophers of the Agora (Hellenic Greece). Phytagorean Mathematics. Duplication, Trisection, And Quadrature. Part IV: Cultural Connections: The Oikoumene (The Persian Empire, Hellenistic Greece, And the Roman Empire). Euclid and His Elements. Greek Mathematics After Euclid. Part V: Cultural Connections: The Asian Empires (China, India, And the Rise of Islam). Chinese, Hindu, And Arabian Mathematics. Part VI: Cultural Connections: Serfs, Lords, And Popes (The European Middle Ages). European Mathematics, 500 to 1600. The 17th Century and After. Part VII: Cultural Connections: Puritans and Sea Dogs (The Expansion of Europe). The Dawn of Modern Mathematics. Analytic Geometry and Other Precalculus Developments. The Calculus and Related Concepts. Part VIII: Cultural Connections: The Revolt of the Middle Class (The 18th Century in Europe and America). The 18th Century and the Exploitation of the Calculus. Part IX: Cultural Connections (The Industrial Revolution (The 19th Century). The Early 19th Century and the Liberation of Geometry and Algebra. The Late 19th Century and the Arithmetization of Analysis. Part X: Cultural Connections: The Atom and the Spinnnig Wheel (The 20th Century). Transition Into the 20th Century. General Bibliography. A Chronological Table. Answers and Suggestions for the Solutions of the Problem Studies. Index.

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9780030295584

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0030295580

Title

AN INTRO TO THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS by Howard Eves

Author

Howard Eves

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Used - Good

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Hardback

Publisher

Cengage Learning, Inc

Year published

1990-01-02

Number of pages

624

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