The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries
A Brief History in a Cultural Context
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Beschreibung
Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time andobserve how people around the world have understood these patternsof quantity, structure, and dimension around them. TheDevelopment of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A BriefHistory in a Cultural Contex provides a brief overview of thehistory of mathematics in a very straightforward and understandablemanner and also addresses major findings that influenced thedevelopment of mathematics as a coherent discipline. This book:
* Highlights the contributions made by various world culturesincluding African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic,and pre-Columbian American mathematics
* Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is idealfor a one-semester course of the history of mathematics.
* Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section forfurther exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested
Autor*in
Brian Evans
Themen in »The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries«
Bildungswesen Education Geschichte Geschichte der Mathematik History History of Mathematics Lehrpläne / Mathematik Mathematics Mathematik Mathematikgeschichte Social & Cultural History Sozial- u. Kulturgeschichte