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Turning Points in the History of Mathematics
Hardy Grant
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Description for Turning Points in the History of Mathematics
Paperback. Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Num Pages: 117 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, can help illuminate the importance of the history of mathematics for its teaching, learning, and appreciation. Some of the turning points considered are the rise of the axiomatic method (most famously in Euclid), and the subsequent major changes in it (for example, by David Hilbert); the wedding, via analytic geometry, ... Read more
This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, can help illuminate the importance of the history of mathematics for its teaching, learning, and appreciation. Some of the turning points considered are the rise of the axiomatic method (most famously in Euclid), and the subsequent major changes in it (for example, by David Hilbert); the wedding, via analytic geometry, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Compact Textbooks in Mathematics
Condition
New
Weight
199g
Number of Pages
109
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9781493932634
SKU
V9781493932634
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Ref
99-15
About Hardy Grant
Hardy Grant was, before his retirement, Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Canada Israel Kleiner is Professor Emeritus, the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Canada
Reviews for Turning Points in the History of Mathematics
This slim volume will be especially helpful to those teaching high school and junior college students the rudiments of selected `major turning points' in the history of mathematics. It offers compact vignettes divided into ten basic topics: axiomatization, solutions of cubic equations, analytical geometry, probability, calculus, Gaussian integers, non-Euclidean geometries, hyper complex numbers, the infinite, and philosophy of mathematics from ... Read more