The history of mathematics : a very short introduction
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TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2012.Description: xvii, 123 p. ; 18 cm. illISBN: - 9780199599684
- 510.9 23 STE-H
- QA21 .S74 2012
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| 510.9 PIC-M The math book | 510.9 SAR-M Introducing mathematics : | 510.9 SES-S Studies in the history of Indian mathematics | 510.9 STE-H The history of mathematics : | 510.9 STI-M Mathematics and its history | 510.9 STI-S The story of proof : | 510.92 ALL-R Ramanujan's place in the world of mathematics : |
Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
1. Mathematics: myth and history; 2. What is mathematics and who is a mathematician?; 3. How are mathematical ideas disseminated?; 4. Learning mathematics; 5. Mathematical livelihoods; 6. Getting inside mathematics; 7. The evolving historiography of mathematics.
In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain.
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