Description |
xiv, 786 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Pt. 1. Mathematics Before the Sixth Century. Ch. 1. Ancient Mathematics. Ch. 2. The Beginnings of Mathematics in Greece. Ch. 3. Archimedes and Apollonius. Ch. 4. Mathematical Methods in Hellenistic Times. Ch. 5. The Final Chapters of Greek Mathematics -- Pt. 2. Medieval Mathematics: 500-1400. Ch. 6. Medieval China and India. Ch. 7. The Mathematics of Islam. Ch. 8. Mathematics in Medieval Europe. Interchapter. Mathematics Around the World -- Pt. 3. Early Modern Mathematics: 1400-1700. Ch. 9. Algebra in the Renaissance. Ch. 10. Mathematical Methods in the Renaissance. Ch. 11. Geometry, Algebra, and Probability in the Seventeenth Century. Ch. 12. The Beginnings of Calculus -- Pt. 4. Modern Mathematics: 1700-2000. Ch. 13. Analysis in the Eighteenth Century. Ch. 14. Probability, Algebra, and Geometry in the Eighteenth Century. Ch. 15. Algebra in the Nineteenth Century. Ch. 16. Analysis in the Nineteenth Century. Ch. 17. Geometry in the Nineteenth Century. Ch. 18. Aspects of the Twentieth Century |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 778-[779]) and index |
Subject |
Mathematics -- History.
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LC no. |
92020989 |
ISBN |
0673380394 |
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