The history of mathematics :
Stedall, Jacqueline
The history of mathematics : a very short introduction Jacqueline Stedall. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - xvii, 123 p. ; ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 305. . - Very short introductions. .
Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
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.
9780199599684
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .S74 2012
510.9 / STE-H
The history of mathematics : a very short introduction Jacqueline Stedall. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - xvii, 123 p. ; ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 305. . - Very short introductions. .
Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
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.
9780199599684
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .S74 2012
510.9 / STE-H