The history of mathematics : a very short introduction /
Jacqueline Stedall.
Bok Engelsk 2012 Jacqueline A. Stedall
| Utgitt | Oxford ; New York : : Oxford University Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | xvii, 123 s. ;
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| Opplysninger | 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--
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| Emner | Historie
Matematikk Mathematics - History. matematikkhistorie matematikk vitskapshistorie vitenskapshistorie faghistorie historie |
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| ISBN | 0199599688. - 978-0-19-959968-4 : GB£ 8
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