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MATHEMATICAL THOUGHT FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES: VOLUME 2
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| By: |
Morris Kline |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195061365 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195061369 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 1990 |
| Series: |
Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the nineteenth century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume coversthe revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study. |
| Synopsis: |
This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the nineteenth century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study. |
| Illustrations: |
line drawings throughout |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
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