UID:
almafu_9959328504402883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 607 pages) :
,
illustrations (some color)
Edition:
2nd ed.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
ISBN:
9781118033098
,
1118033094
,
1118030249
,
9781118030240
Content:
"The Second Edition of this internationally acclaimed text has been thoroughly revised, updated, and reorganized to give readers a fresh perspective on the evolution of mathematics. Written by one of the world's leading experts on the history of mathematics, the book details the key historical developments in the field, providing an understanding and appreciation of how mathematics influences today's science, art, music, literature, and society."--Jacket.
Note:
Front Matter -- The World of Mathematics and the Mathematics of the World. The World of Mathematics and the Mathematics of the World -- The Origin and Prehistory of Mathematics -- Mathematical Cultures I -- Mathematical Cultures II -- Women Mathematicians -- Numbers. Numbers -- Counting -- Calculation -- Ancient Number Theory -- Numbers and Number Theory in Modern Mathematics -- Color Plates. Color Plates -- Space. Space -- Measurement -- Euclidean Geometry -- Post-Euclidean Geometry -- Modern Geometries -- Algebra. Algebra -- Problems Leading to Algebra -- Equations and Algorithms -- Modern Algebra -- Analysis. Analysis -- The Calculus -- Real and Complex Analysis -- Mathematical Inferences. Mathematical Inferences -- Probability and Statistics -- Logic and Set Theory -- Literature -- Subject Index -- Name Index.
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Pt 1: The world of mathematics and the mathematics of the world. The origin and prehistory of mathematics -- Mathematical cultures I -- Mathematical cultures II -- Women mathematicians -- Pt 2: Numbers. Counting -- Calculation -- Ancient number theory -- Numbers and number theory in modern mathematics -- Pt 3: Color plates -- Pt 4: Space. Measurement -- Euclidean geometry -- Post-Euclidean geometry -- Modern geometries -- Pt 5: Algebra. Problems leading to algebra -- Equations and algorithms -- Modern algebra -- Pt 6: Analysis. The calculus -- Real and complex analysis -- Pt 7: Mathematical inferences. Probability and statistics -- Logic and set theory.
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Cooke, Roger, 1942- History of mathematics. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2005 ISBN 0471444596
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
History.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118033098
