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* Contains numerous exercises, examples and solutions
* Unique in its global coverage of mathematical development - most texts from either western or eastern perspectives
* Author has extensive experience teaching the subject. This book has been rigorously 'class tested'
* Suitable for students of mathematics, philosophy and history
DESCRIPTION:
Student text aimed at 2/3 year undergraduates discussing the development of mathematics through time and across major civilizations. This book aims to address the methods and problems associated with studying the history of
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Produktbeschreibung
* Contains numerous exercises, examples and solutions
* Unique in its global coverage of mathematical development - most texts from either western or eastern perspectives
* Author has extensive experience teaching the subject. This book has been rigorously 'class tested'
* Suitable for students of mathematics, philosophy and history

DESCRIPTION:
Student text aimed at 2/3 year undergraduates discussing the development of mathematics through time and across major civilizations. This book aims to address the methods and problems associated with studying the history of mathematics. Coverage is given to development of mathematics in the major Eastern and Western civilizations, the origins of certain topics, and leading figures in the field.

CONTENTS:
1. Ancient Babylonians; 2. Ancient (pre-Euclid) Greece; 3. Classical/later Greek mathematics; 4. Women from Hypatia; 5. Indian mathematics; 6. Islamic mathematics; 7. The medieval West; 8. The scientific revolution; 9. Origins of Calculus; 10. Non Euclidean Geometry; 11. 'Modernism' and the 'foundational crisis' of 1870-1920; 12. Mathematics as mass entertainment - the 1990's and afterwards; Bibliography; Index.
Autorenporträt
LUKE HODGKIN, King's College, London