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A History of Mathematics : An Introduction (2nd ed)

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Provides a world view of mathematics, balancing ancient, early modern and modern history.

Problems are taken from their original sources, enabling students to understand how mathematicians in various times and places solved mathematical problems.

In this new edition a more global perspective is taken, integrating more non-Western coverage including contributions from Chinese/Indian, and Islamic mathematics and mathematicians.

An additional chapter covers mathematical techniques from other cultures. *Up to date, uses the results of very recent scholarship in the history of mathematics. *Provides summaries of the arguments of all important ideas in the field.

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Product Details
Pearson
0321016181 / 9780321016188
Hardback
510.9
07/04/1998
United States
English
xiv, 864, I-15p. : ill.
24 cm
undergraduate Learn More
Text and map on lining papers.
Victor J. Katz won the Watson Davis Prize of the History of Science Society in 1995 for the first edition of this book.
Victor J. Katz won the Watson Davis Prize of the History of Science Society in 1995 for the first edition of this book. PBX History of mathematics, PDX History of science