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An Introduction to the History of Mathematics
An Introduction To The History of Mathematics Howard Eves 1960 Library of Congress Catalog Card 53-10206 RARE Holt, Rinehart And Winston, New York Printed In The United States of America Hardcover
422 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1960
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October 18, 2023
A fun place to start on the history of mathematics.
You can have fun as you recreate the condition and think as the ancients did.
You may find secrets that were lost to us. Many useful ways of thinking if you do not have one of the new-fangled handheld calculators that do everything for you.
Contents:
Part 1 - systems
Part 2 - Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
Part 3 - Pythagorean Mathematics
Part 4 - duplication, try section, and quadrature.
Part 5 - Euclid and his elements
Part 6 - Greek Mathematics after Euclid
Part 7 - Chinese, Hindu, and Arabian Mathematics
Part 8 - European Mathematics, 500 to 1600
Part 9 - The Dawn of modern mathematics
Part 10 - Analytic geometry and other pre-calculus developments
Part 11 - The calculus and related concepts
Part 12 - The 18th century and the exploration of the calculus
Part 13 - The early 19th century and the liberation of geometry and algebra
Part 14 - The later 19th century and the arithmetization of analysis
Part 15 - Abstraction and the transition into the 20th century
At the end of each part, there are essay topics and a generous bibliography.
You will want to keep your old edition and get the latest as each edition applies different information.
You can have fun as you recreate the condition and think as the ancients did.
You may find secrets that were lost to us. Many useful ways of thinking if you do not have one of the new-fangled handheld calculators that do everything for you.
Contents:
Part 1 - systems
Part 2 - Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics
Part 3 - Pythagorean Mathematics
Part 4 - duplication, try section, and quadrature.
Part 5 - Euclid and his elements
Part 6 - Greek Mathematics after Euclid
Part 7 - Chinese, Hindu, and Arabian Mathematics
Part 8 - European Mathematics, 500 to 1600
Part 9 - The Dawn of modern mathematics
Part 10 - Analytic geometry and other pre-calculus developments
Part 11 - The calculus and related concepts
Part 12 - The 18th century and the exploration of the calculus
Part 13 - The early 19th century and the liberation of geometry and algebra
Part 14 - The later 19th century and the arithmetization of analysis
Part 15 - Abstraction and the transition into the 20th century
At the end of each part, there are essay topics and a generous bibliography.
You will want to keep your old edition and get the latest as each edition applies different information.
Displaying 1 of 1 review