Luke Hodgkin (London King's College)

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations right up to modern mathematics this highly illustrated book addresses the methods and challenges associated with studying the history of mathematics for advanced undergraduates and postgraduates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 188mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780199676767
• ISBN-10: 0199676763
• Artikelnr.: 36839251

Autorenporträt

Luke Hodgkin is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Babylonian mathematics
2: Greeks and 'Origins'
3: Greeks, practical and theoretical
4: Chinese mathematics
5: Islam, neglect and discovery
6: Understanding the 'Scientific Revolution'
7: The Calculus
8: Geometries and Space
9: Modernity and its Anxieties
10: A Chaotic End?
Bibliography
Index