Designed as an integrated survey of the development of analytic geometry, this study presents the concepts and contributions from before the Alexandrian Age through the eras of the great French mathematicians Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the "Golden Age," from 1789 to 1850. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index.
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Boyer's landmark study about how mathematical ideas are transmitted from one practitioner to another is here reprinted from the Yeshiva University Press edition of 1956. Writing for undergraduate students and general readers interested in mathematics, Boyer starts with the first scribbles on papyrus and moves from contributor to contributor through
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Specifically designed as an integrated survey of the development of analytic geometry, this classic study takes a unique approach to the history of ideas. The author, a distinguished historian of mathematics, presents a detailed view of not only the concepts themselves, but also the ways in which they extended the work of each generation, from before the Alexandrian Age through the eras of the great French mathematicians Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the ""Golden Age,"" from 1789 to 1850. Appropriate as an undergraduate text, this history is accessible to any mathematically inclined reader. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index. This study presents the concepts and contributions from before the Alexandrian Age through to Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the "Golden Age," from 1789 to 1850. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780486438320
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