A History of Mathematics

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A History of Mathematics

A History of Mathematics

Carl Benjamin Boyer

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Main subject categories: • History of mathematics • Mathematics of ancient Egypt • Mathematics of ancient Europe • Mathematics of medieval Europe • Mathematics of ancient China • Mathematics of medieval China • Mathematics of ancient India • Mathematics of medieval India

The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematics. Presupposes a knowledge of college level mathematics but is accessible to the average reader through its consistent treatment of mathematical structure with a strict adherence to historical perspective and detail. The material is arranged chronologically beginning with archaic origins and covers Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese, Indian, Arabic and European contributions done to the nineteenth century and present day. There are revised references and bibliographies and revised and expanded chapters on the nineteeth and twentieth centuries.

Categories:

Mathematics - Others

Year:

1968

Edition:

Publisher:

Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Language:

english

Pages:

744

ISBN: