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 Evans1 ?' ^* X, T- ~8 P8 o& ?
English | 2014 | ISBN: 1118853849 | 252 pages | PDF |& p6 u" t' R2 O3 G) l( P+ N
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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: 2 P- M; e+ m6 {. P- ?! x: e' w6 C& I3 }, d' J, u
Highlights the contributions made by various world cultures including African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and pre-Columbian American mathematics: {2 n; a! [( b" l7 w+ U5 p. z" ]
Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is ideal for a one-semester course of the history of mathematics. 0 v8 X2 `0 _" c5 I
Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section for further exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested " z3 l4 t4 r# ]: `& _! h; Z0 h |6 z9 x" L) F. g& \
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