The History Of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity - Couverture rigide

Hodgkin, Luke

 
9780198529378: The History Of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity
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ISBN 10 : 0198529376 ISBN 13 : 9780198529378
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2005

Synopsis

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail, placing the description of early Western mathematics in a global context. The book concludes with modern mathematics, covering recent developments such as the advent of the computer, chaos theory, topology, mathematical physics, and the solution of Fermat's Last Theorem.

Containing more than 100 illustrations and figures, this text, aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, addresses the methods and challenges associated with studying the history of mathematics. The reader is introduced to the leading figures in the history of mathematics (including Archimedes, Ptolemy, Qin Jiushao, al-Kashi, al-Khwarizmi, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Helmholtz, Hilbert, Alan Turing, and Andrew Wiles) and their fields. An extensive bibliography with cross-references to key texts will provide invaluable resource to students and exercises (with solutions) will stretch the more advanced reader.

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À propos de l'auteur


Luke Hodgkin has taught mathematics and its history at the universities of Warwick and Algiers, and most recently at King's College, London. He studied mathematics at Balliol College and St. John's College, Oxford, and is a former member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is now a freelance writer and teacher.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0198529376
ISBN 13 
9780198529378
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
296
Coordonnées du fabricant
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