History of Mathematics
History of Mathematics
Highways and Byways
Amy Dahan-Dalmédico, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Jeanne Peiffer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Sanford Segal
Jeanne Peiffer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Sanford Segal
December 2009
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9780883855621
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This is a novel, short, and eminently readable history of mathematics. Many histories provide a chronological history of the entire subject, which can sometimes make it difficult to follow the development of a particular branch over time. Dahan-Delmmédico and Pfeiffer succeed splendidly in tracing each branch from its beginnings forward. They also give an outstanding account of how the Arabs not only preserved Greek mathematics, but extended it in the 800 year period from 400–1200. The large number of informative illustrations support the text and contribute to what is a great read.
- The birth and development of mathematical activity are placed in their historical, cultural and economic context
- Organized to present the development of the different branches of mathematics
- Contains many illustrations that support the text
Product details
December 2009Hardback
9780883855621
342 pages
235 × 158 × 23 mm
0.59kg
Unavailable - out of print
Table of Contents
- Translator's preface
- 1. Landscapes
- 2. A moment of rationality: Greece
- 3. The constitution of classical algebra
- 4. Figures, spaces, and geometries
- 5. Limits: from the unconceived to the concept
- 6. The concept of function and the development of analysis
- 7. At the crossroads of algebra, analysis, and geometry: complex numbers
- 8. New objects, new laws: the emergence of algebraic structures.
