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The history of mathematics : an introduction / David M. Burton.
Publication details: New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011.Edition: 7th edDescription: xii, 802 p. : ill. ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780071289207
- 0073383155 (alk. paper)
- 9780071289207 (International ed.)
- 0071289208 (International ed.)
- QA 21 .B96 2011
Contents:
Early number systems and symbols -- Mathematics in early civilization -- The beginnings of Greek mathematics -- The Alexandrian school: Euclid -- The twilight of Greek mathematics: Diophantus -- The first awakening: Fibonacci -- The Renaissance of mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia -- The mechanical world: Descartes and Newton -- The development of probability theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace -- The revival of number theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss -- Nineteenth-century contributions: Lobachevsky to Hilbert -- Transition to the twentieth century: Cantor and Kronecker -- Extensions and generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | QA 21 .B96 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5146521 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 755-759) and index.
Early number systems and symbols -- Mathematics in early civilization -- The beginnings of Greek mathematics -- The Alexandrian school: Euclid -- The twilight of Greek mathematics: Diophantus -- The first awakening: Fibonacci -- The Renaissance of mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia -- The mechanical world: Descartes and Newton -- The development of probability theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and Laplace -- The revival of number theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss -- Nineteenth-century contributions: Lobachevsky to Hilbert -- Transition to the twentieth century: Cantor and Kronecker -- Extensions and generalizations: Hardy, Hausdorff, and Noether.
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