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010			_a 2012930324
020			_a9780199599684
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035			_a(OCoLC)ocn749871230
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082	0	4	_a510.9 STE _223
100	1		_aStedall, Jacqueline A. _eauthor
245	1	4	_aThe history of mathematics : _ba very short introduction / _cJacqueline Stedall.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axvii, 123 p. ; _c18 cm.
490	1		_aA very short introductions ; _v305
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
505	0		_a1. 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.
520			_aIn 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-- _cSource other than Library of Congress.
650		0	_aMathematics _xHistory.
830		0	_aVery short introductions.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-t.html
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