The History of Mathematics: An Introduction - Softcover

Burton, David

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9780071106351: The History of Mathematics: An Introduction

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ISBN 10: 0071106359 ISBN 13: 9780071106351

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005

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This text is designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college. It concentrates on the history of those topics typically covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. At least one year of calculus is a prerequisite for this course. This book contains enough material for a 2 semester course but it is flexible enough to be used in the more common 1 semester course.

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A detailed account of how mathematics has developed over the past 5000 years, presented primarily in chronological order, beginning with the origin of mathematics in the great civilizations of antiquity and progressing through the first few decades of this century.
Exercise Sets: Assorted exercises of varying degrees of difficulty have been interspersed throughout the text. Usually these problems typify a particular historical period, requiring the use of mathematical procedures of that time. Solutions to selected exercises are included at the back of the text.
The Mechanical World: Descartes and Newton (Chapter 8) has been expanded to include a treatment of projective geometry focusing on the work of Girard Desargues and Jean Poncelet. Additional coverage of the algebraists William Oughtred and Thomas Harriot, and John Wallis's development of the integral calculus has also been included.
Transition the the Twentieth Century: Cantor and Kroecker (Chapter 12)has been expanded to include the first few decades of the 20th century, emphasizing the activity of women mathematicians.
Expanded Biographies: Expanded discussion of Emilie du Chatelet, Evangelista Torricelli, Colin Maclaurin, and George Peacock.

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