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WRITING THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS: ITS HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
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| By: |
Joseph Warren Dauben (Editor), Christoph J. Scriba (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£109.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
3764361670 |
| ISBN 13: |
9783764361679 |
| Publisher: |
BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG |
| Pub. date: |
23 September, 2002 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 |
| Series: |
Science Networks. Historical Studies 27 |
| Pages: |
689 |
| Description: |
Offers a survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. This book provides an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC. |
| Synopsis: |
As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. It provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC, to the founding of the international journal, Historia Mathematica, by Kenneth O. May in the early 1970s. |
| Illustrations: |
13 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 689 p. 13 illus. |
| Publication: |
Switzerland |
| Imprint: |
Birkhauser Verlag AG |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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