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A history of mathematics from Mesopotamia to modernity

Luke Howard Hodgkin 1938-

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária ACERVO DELFIM NETTO (B34.16.3 )(Acessar)

Título:
A history of mathematics from Mesopotamia to modernity
Autor: Luke Howard Hodgkin 1938-
Assuntos: Mathematics -- History; Mathematics, Babylonian -- History; Mathematics, Greek -- History; Mathematics, Chinese -- History; Mathematics, Arab -- History; Mathematics -- Europe, Western -- History; HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA; Mathématiques -- Histoire; Mathématiques babyloniennes -- Histoire; Mathématiques grecques -- Histoire; Mathématiques chinoises -- Histoire; Mathématiques arabes -- Histoire; Mathématiques -- Europe -- Histoire; Mathematik; Geschichte Anfänge-2000
Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index
Descrição: Babylonian mathematics -- Greeks and 'origins' -- Greeks, practical and theoretical -- Chinese mathematics -- Islam, neglect and discovery -- Understanding the 'scientific revolution' -- The calculus -- Geometries and space -- Modernity and its anxieties -- A chaotic end?
Luke Hodgkin addresses the methods and problems associated with studying the history of mathematics. Coverage is given to development of mathematics in the major Eastern and Western civilizations, the origins of certain topics, and leading figures in the field
Editor: Oxford Oxford University Press New York
Data de criação/publicação: c2005
Formato: xiii, 281 p. ill. 25 cm.
Idioma: Inglês

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