Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and OthersCourier Dover Publications, 20. mar. 2019 - 272 strani "This is a beautiful, important book, a pleasure to read, in which the history recounted truly illuminates the mathematical ideas, and the ideas themselves are superbly explained; a wonderful accomplishment." — Barry Mazur, Harvard University "Math Through the Ages is a treasure, one of the best history of math books at its level ever written. Somehow, it manages to stay true to a surprisingly sophisticated story, while respecting the needs of its audience. Its overview of the subject captures most of what one needs to know, and the 30 sketches are small gems of exposition that stimulate further exploration." — Glen Van Brummelen, Quest University Designed for students just beginning their study of the discipline, this concise introductory history of mathematics is supplemented by brief but in-depth sketches of the more important individual topics. Covering such subjects as algebra symbols, negative numbers, the metric system, quadratic equations, and much more, this widely adopted work invites and encourages further study of mathematics. |
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... display of attitude. Many, but not all, versions include an account of Gauss's method. Such variations raise doubts about the story. Did it really happen? How do we know? Does it matter? To some extent, it doesn't matter, but one might ...
... display of attitude. Many, but not all, versions include an account of Gauss's method. Such variations raise doubts about the story. Did it really happen? How do we know? Does it matter? To some extent, it doesn't matter, but one might ...
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... display of geometric prowess. (See Sketch 28.) Geometry continued to be a central interest of Greek mathematicians for several centuries. The systematic and ordered presentation of mathematical results that we see in the Elements is ...
... display of geometric prowess. (See Sketch 28.) Geometry continued to be a central interest of Greek mathematicians for several centuries. The systematic and ordered presentation of mathematical results that we see in the Elements is ...
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Vsebina
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Sketches | 63 |
Coordinate Geometry | 137 |
Complex Numbers | 143 |
Sine and Cosine | 149 |
The NonEuclidean Geometries | 155 |
Projective Geometry | 161 |
The Start of Probability Theory | 165 |
The Tangent Function | 193 |
Logarithms | 199 |
Conic Sections | 205 |
Irrational Numbers | 211 |
Barely Touching From Tangents to Derivatives | 217 |
What to Read Next | 223 |
Twelve Historical Books You Ought to Read | 226 |
History Online | 228 |
Statistics Becomes a Science | 171 |
Electronic Computers | 177 |
Boolean Algebra | 183 |
Infinity and the Theory of Sets | 187 |
When They Lived | 231 |
Bibliography | 237 |
Index | 251 |
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