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Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Mathem
. Ed(S): Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline A.
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Description for Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Mathem
Paperback. This Handbook explores the history of mathematics, addressing what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. Thirty-six self-contained chapters, each written by a specialist, provide a fascinating overview of 5000 years of mathematics and its key cultures for academics in mathematics, historians of science, and general historians. Editor(s): Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline A. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 928 pages, 90 line illustrations, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: HBL; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1460.
This Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. It addresses questions of who creates mathematics, who uses it, and how. A broader understanding of mathematical practitioners naturally leads to a new appreciation of what counts as a historical source. Material and oral evidence is drawn upon as well as an unusual array of textual sources. Further, the ways in which people have chosen to express themselves are as historically meaningful as the contents of the mathematics they have produced. ... Read more
This Handbook explores the history of mathematics under a series of themes which raise new questions about what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. It addresses questions of who creates mathematics, who uses it, and how. A broader understanding of mathematical practitioners naturally leads to a new appreciation of what counts as a historical source. Material and oral evidence is drawn upon as well as an unusual array of textual sources. Further, the ways in which people have chosen to express themselves are as historically meaningful as the contents of the mathematics they have produced. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
928
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199603190
SKU
V9780199603190
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About . Ed(S): Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline A.
Eleanor Robson is Reader in Ancient Middle Eastern Science in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of Mesopotamian Mathematics, 2100-1600 BC (1999), Mathematics in Ancient Iraq: A Social History (2008), and many articles on the socio-intellectual history of the cuneiform world. She is co-director of an AHRC-funded project on ... Read more
Reviews for Oxford Handbook Of The History Of Mathem
Review from previous edition "wonderful food for thought for any practitioner"
Times Higher Education Supplement
"a splendid, something-for-everybody treasure-trove of interesting, informative, challenging, well written testaments to the variety and vigor of history of mathematics in our time"
Historia Mathematica
"Well written, well edited and well rounded... a healthy contribution to a burgeoning field of newly ... Read more
Times Higher Education Supplement
"a splendid, something-for-everybody treasure-trove of interesting, informative, challenging, well written testaments to the variety and vigor of history of mathematics in our time"
Historia Mathematica
"Well written, well edited and well rounded... a healthy contribution to a burgeoning field of newly ... Read more