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A History of Mathematics
About this book
The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematics
For more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincaré Conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and computer-aided proofs.
- Distills thousands of years of mathematics into a single, approachable volume
- Covers mathematical discoveries, concepts, and thinkers, from Ancient Egypt to the present
- Includes up-to-date references and an extensive chronological table of mathematical and general historical developments.
Whether you're interested in the age of Plato and Aristotle or Poincaré and Hilbert, whether you want to know more about the Pythagorean theorem or the golden mean, A History of Mathematics is an essential reference that will help you explore the incredible history of mathematics and the men and women who created it.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Chapter 1: Traces
- Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt
- Chapter 3: Mesopotamia
- Chapter 4: Hellenic Traditions
- Chapter 5: Euclid of Alexandria
- Chapter 6: Archimedes of Syracuse
- Chapter 7: Apollonius of Perge
- Chapter 8: Crosscurrents
- Chapter 9: Ancient and Medieval China
- Chapter 10: Ancient and Medieval India
- Chapter 11: The Islamic Hegemony
- Chapter 12: The Latin West
- Chapter 13: The European Renaissance
- Chapter 14: Early Modern Problem Solvers
- Chapter 15: Analysis, Synthesis, the Infinite, and Numbers
- Chapter 16: British Techniques and Continental Methods
- Chapter 17: Euler
- Chapter 18: Pre- to Postrevolutionary France
- Chapter 19: Gauss
- Chapter 20: Geometry
- Chapter 21: Algebra
- Chapter 22: Analysis
- Chapter 23: Twentieth-Century Legacies
- Chapter 24: Recent Trends
- References
- General Bibliography
- Index