The History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Jacqueline Stedall
This Very Short Introduction explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical practice, ranging from the distant past to the present. Historian Jacqueline Stedall shows that mathematical ideas are far from being fixed, but are adapted and changed by their passage acrossperiods and cultures. The book illuminates some of the varied contexts in which people have learned, used, and handed on mathematics, drawing on fascinating case studies from a range of times and places, including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain. Bydrawing out some common threads, Stedall provides an introduction not only to the mathematics of the past but to the history of mathematics as a modern academic discipline.
카테고리:
년:
2012
출판사:
OUP Oxford
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
0199599688
ISBN 13:
9780199599684
파일:
EPUB, 672 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2012
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