A history of mathematics / Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer.

Author/creator Merzbach, Uta C.
Other author Boyer, Carl B. (Carl Benjamin), 1906-1976.
Format Book
Edition3rd ed.
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011.
Descriptionxx, 668 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Traces -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Hellenic traditions -- Euclid of Alexandria -- Archimedes of Syracuse -- Apollonius of Perge -- Crosscurrents -- Ancient and medieval China -- Ancient and medieval India -- The Islamic hegemony -- The Latin West -- The European Renaissance -- Early modern problem solvers -- Analysis, synthesis, the infinite, and numbers -- British techniques and Continental methods -- Euler -- Pre- to postrevolutionary France -- Gauss -- Geometry -- Algebra -- Analysis -- Twentieth- century legacies -- Recent trends.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 633-646) and index.
LCCN 2010003424
ISBN9780470525487 (pbk.)
ISBN0470525487 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks QA21 .B767 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold