The history of mathematics : a very short introduction / Jacqueline Stedall.

By:

Stedall, Jacqueline A

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xvii, 123 p. ; 18 cmISBN:

9780199599684
0199599688

Subject(s):

Mathematics -- History

DDC classification:

510.9 23

LOC classification:

QA21 .S828 2012

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.

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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