Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Volume 3: Vol 3

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1990
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This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the nineteenth century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study.

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This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the nineteenth century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 16 Aug 1990
ISBN 10: 0195061373
ISBN 13: 9780195061376

Media Reviews

I have always had great regard for this book as the one which relates the development of modern mathematical ideas in a readable fashion. --Michael O'Reilly, University of Minnesota

I have always had great regard for this book as the one which relates the development of modern mathematical ideas in a readable fashion. --Michael O'Reilly, University of Minnesota

I have always had great regard for this book as the one which relates the development of modern mathematical ideas in a readable fashion. --Michael O'Reilly, University of Minnesota

I have always had great regard for this book as the one which relates the development of modern mathematical ideas in a readable fashion. --Michael O'Reilly, University of Minnesota

Author Bio

Morris Kline is author of Mathematics The Loss of Certainty & Mathematics in Western Culture