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Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Volume 2

By Morris Kline

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1972
ISBN
0195061365, 9780195061369
Google Books ID
aO-v3gvY-I8C
Open Library ID
OL19491654M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
4 MB (4684246 bytes)
Edition
3-volume paperback edition (1990)
Pages
464\464
DPI
300
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the 19th century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study.

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