The history of mathematics : a very short introduction / Jacqueline Stedall.
By: Stedall, Jacqueline A [author].
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TextSeries: Very short introductions: Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012Description: xvii, 123 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780199599684; 0199599688.Subject(s): Mathematics -- HistoryDDC classification: 510.9 STE Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 510.76 HON New mathematics counts : | 510.9 DUS How to count to infinity / | 510.9 GUL Mathematics : | 510.9 STE The history of mathematics : | 510.92 HOF The man who loved only numbers : | 511.3 CRI How big is infinity? : | 512.7 DU The music of the primes : |
Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
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.
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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