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Dover Books on Mathematics Ser.: Makers of Mathematics by Stuart Hollingdale (2011, Perfect)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486450074
ISBN-139780486450070
eBay Product ID (ePID)51074187
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages464 Pages
Publication NameMakers of Mathematics
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
SubjectHistory & Philosophy, Science & Technology
TypeStudy Guide
AuthorStuart Hollingdale
Subject AreaMathematics, Biography & Autobiography
SeriesDover Books on Mathematics Ser.
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN2005-056066
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal510.9
Table Of Content1. The beginnings 2. Early Greek mathematics 3. Euclid and Apollonius 4. Archimedes and the later Hellenistic period 5. The long interlude 6. The Renaissance 7. Descartes, Fermat and Pascal 8. Newton 9. Newton's Principia 10. Newton's circle 11. Leibniz 12. Euler 13. D'Alembert and his contemporaries 14. Gauss 15. Hamilton and Boole 16. Dedekind and Cantor 17. Einstein Appendices References Index
SynopsisEach chapter of this portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual -- Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others -- to explore the mathematics of his era. Rather than a series of biographical profiles, readers encounter an accessible chronology of pioneering developments in mathematics. 1989 edition., A fascinating and eminently readable account of the history of mathematics as it is revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art., Fascinating and highly readable, this book recounts the history of mathematics as revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art: Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton, Einstein, and many more. Author Stuart Hollingdale introduces and explains the roles of these gifted and often colorful figures in the development of mathematics as well as the ways in which their work relates to mathematics as a whole. Although the emphasis in this absorbing survey is primarily biographical, Hollingdale also discusses major historical themes and explains new ideas and techniques. No specialized mathematical knowledge on the part of the reader is assumed. Superbly informative, this volume offers an accessible, interesting guide to one of the pillars of modern science, and to a supremely important aspect of human culture through the ages., Each chapter of this accessible portrait of the evolution of mathematics examines the work of an individual -- Archimedes, Descartes, Newton, Einstein, others -- to explore the mathematics of his era. 1989 edition.
LC Classification NumberQA21.H74 2006
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