标题: The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries [打印本页] 作者: 风中的漂流瓶 时间: 2015-4-10 16:01 标题: The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A Brief History in a Cultural Context by Brian Evans3 H) y" {* \3 \0 T' d
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1118853849 | 252 pages | PDF |" Q. j$ G0 |) Q' ^5 `: A# L7 h
4 ]8 O8 v/ z1 `Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time and observe how people around the world have understood these patterns of quantity, structure, and dimension around them. The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A Brief History in a Cultural Contex provides a brief overview of the history of mathematics in a very straightforward and understandable manner and also addresses major findings that influenced the development of mathematics as a coherent discipline. This book:' B# {' j; `, ?2 \ ]; c
2 R" _' T* L9 z+ q" MHighlights the contributions made by various world cultures including African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and pre-Columbian American mathematics 6 b' s% t; }0 sFeatures an approach that is not too rigorous and is ideal for a one-semester course of the history of mathematics. - N% d J0 q& r0 A6 d+ Y/ D; O
Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section for further exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested , ]9 j, b* b" K" b $ G4 J! k; \9 [' D . D9 B3 P/ }, g6 U* U! J" U5 g% p/ v: F; Z
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