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008 150504s1997 nyua b 001 0 eng
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042 _anbic
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082 0 0 _a510.9 GUL
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100 1 _aGullberg, Jan.
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aMathematics :
_bfrom the birth of numbers /
_cJan Gullberg ; technical illustrations, Par Gullberg.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_c1997.
300 _axxii, 1093 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c27 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 1041-1052) and indexes.
505 0 _aNumbers and language -- Systems of numeration -- Types of numbers -- Cornerstones of mathematics -- Combinatorics -- Symbolic logic -- Set theory -- Introduction to sequences and series -- Theory of equations -- Introduction to functions -- Overture to the geometries -- Elementary geometry -- Trigonometry -- Hyperbolic functions -- Analytic geometry -- Vector analysis -- Fractals -- Matrices and determinants -- Embarking on calculus -- Introduction to differential calculus -- Introduction to integral calculus -- Power series -- Indeterminate limits -- Complex numbers revisited -- Extrema and critical points -- Arc length -- Centroids -- Area -- Volume -- Motion -- Harmonic analysis -- Methods of approximation -- Probability theory -- Differential equations.
520 _aAn illustrated exploration of mathematics and its history, beginning with a study of numbers and their symbols, and continuing with a broad survey that includes consideration of algebra, geometry, hyperbolic functions, fractals, and many other mathematical functions.
650 0 _aMathematics.
700 _aGullberg, Par
_eTechnical illustrator
942 _2ddc
_cNFIC