Title:
The history of mathematics : a very short introduction
Very short introductions ;
Very short introductions.
Author:
Stedall, Jacqueline A.
ISBN:
9780199599684
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Physical Description:
xvii, 123 p. ; 18 cm.
Series:
Very short introductions ; 305
Very short introductions.
Contents:
1. Mathematics: myth and history; 2. What is mathematics and who is a mathematician?; 3. How are mathematical ideas disseminated?; 4. Learning mathematics; 5. Mathematical livelihoods; 6. Getting inside mathematics; 7. The evolving historiography of mathematics.
Abstract:
In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain-- Source other than Library of Congress.
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