Evolution of Mathematical Concepts: An Elementary Study - Couverture souple

Wilder, Wilder

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0486490610 ISBN 13 : 9780486490618

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2013

Synopsis

Accessible to students and relevant to specialists, this remarkable book by a prominent educator offers a unique perspective on the evolutionary development of mathematics. Rather than conducting a survey of the history or philosophy of mathematics, Raymond L. Wilder envisions mathematics as a broad cultural phenomenon. His treatment examines and illustrates how such concepts as number and length were affected by historic and social events.
Starting with a brief consideration of preliminary notions, this study explores the early evolution of numbers, the evolution of geometry, and the conquest of the infinite as embodied by real numbers. A detailed look at the processes of evolution concludes with an examination of the evolutionary aspects of modern mathematics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Raymond Wilder (1896-1982) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan and a Research Associate and lecturer at The University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Dover's Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0486490610
• ISBN 13: 9780486490618
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss; http://www.la-raia.it; ; Strada Monterotondo, 79; Novi Ligure; 15067; Italie