The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A Brief History in a Cultural Context by Brian Evans 5 o& Q( `7 ^! _% GEnglish | 2014 | ISBN: 1118853849 | 252 pages | PDF |! ^* d9 A( `3 W/ O
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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: . |4 T! v: `. u! `3 M9 }8 t4 q2 g0 P2 ]- I
Highlights the contributions made by various world cultures including African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and pre-Columbian American mathematics8 t/ j& q# X5 E, J
Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is ideal for a one-semester course of the history of mathematics. 5 M& ]4 A( |! b, D u# ^
Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section for further exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested4 ~* k: K6 }6 g9 ]9 A3 J
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