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9780471444596

The History of Mathematics A Brief Course

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471444596

  • ISBN10:

    0471444596

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-04-28
  • Publisher: Wiley-Interscience

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Summary

Written by one of the foremost experts in the field, The History of Mathematics: A Brief Course is substantially revised in the second edition. This acclaimed text-now reorganized topically rather than geographically-begins with first applications of counting and numbers in the ancient world, and continues with discussions of geometry, algebra, analysis, probability, logic, and more. Discussions of women in the history of mathematics make this a very thorough, inclusive resource. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available upon request from the Wiley editorial department.

Author Biography

ROGER COOKE, PHD, is Williams Professor of Mathematics, University of Vermont, and has served as an associate editor of Historia Mathematica. Dr. Cooke has authored other key titles in the field as well as translated several books by Russian mathematicians into English.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition.
PART 1: THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS AND THE MATHEMATICS OOF THE WORLD.
Chapter 1. The OPrigin and Prehistory of Mathematics.
Chapter 2. Mathematical Cultures I.
Chapter 3. Mathematical Cultures II.
Chapter 4. Women Mathematicians.
PART 2: NUMBERS.
Chapter 5.Counting.
Chapter 6. Calculation.
Chapter 7. Ancient Number Theory.
Chapter 8. Numbers and Number Theory in Modren Mathematics.
PART 3: COLOR PLATES.
PART 4: SPACE.
Chapter 9. Measurement.
Chapter 10. Euclidean Geometry.
Chapter 11. Post-Euclidean Geometry.
Chapter 12. Modern Geometries.
PART 5: ALGEBRA.
Chapter 13. Prolems Leading to Algebra.
Chapter 14. Equations and Methods.
Chapter 15. Modern Algebra.
PART 6: ANALYSIS.
Chapter 16. The Calculus.
Chapter 17. Real and Complex Aanlysis.
PART 7: MATHEMATICAL INFERENCES.
Chapter 18. Probability and Statistics.
Chapter 19. Logic and Set Theory.
Literature.
Subject Index.
Name Index.
 

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