The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries

The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries
Authors
Evans, Brian
Publisher
Wiley
Tags
history
ISBN
9781118853849
Date
2014-04-14T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.27 MB
Lang
en
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Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time and observe how people around the world have understood these patterns of quantity, structure, and dimension around them. *The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A Brief History in a Cultural Contex* provides a brief overview of the history of mathematics in a very straightforward and understandable manner and also addresses major findings that influenced the development of mathematics as a coherent discipline. This book:

Highlights the contributions made by various world cultures including African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and pre-Columbian American mathematics Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is ideal for a one-semester course of the history of mathematics. Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section for further exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested