TheEuropeanMathematicalAwakening:AJourneyThroughtheHistoryofMathematicsfrom1000to1800
- 作者
- 出版社 DoverPublications
- 出版时间 2012年12月
- ISBN 9780486498058
- 定价 137.50
内容简介
Absorbingandentertaining，thesethirty-twoarticlesbydistinguishededucatorsofferareader-friendlyintroductiontothehistoryofmathematics.Thenewlycorrectedandupdatedessayscovereightcenturiesofdiscoveries，rangingfromthemedievalpracticeoffingercalculustothepioneeringworkofLeonhardEuler.
FascinatingtopicsincludethegeometrybehindthewindowsofGothicchurches，thedevelopmentofcomplexnumbers，theevolutionofalgebraicsymbolism，andmathematicalconsiderationsonthetrajectoryofacannonball.ProfilesofhistoricfiguresincludeLeonardoFibonacci，JohannesKepler，IsaacNewton，Galileo，theBernoullifamily，andotherwell-andless-knownpersonalities，includingmathematiciansoftheFrenchRevolutionandwomeninmathematics.Suitableforreaderswithnobackgroundinmathematics，thisvolumeoffersanexcellentguideforhighschoolstudentsandcollegeundergraduatesaswellasanyonewithaninterestinthehistoryofmathematics.，
FascinatingtopicsincludethegeometrybehindthewindowsofGothicchurches，thedevelopmentofcomplexnumbers，theevolutionofalgebraicsymbolism，andmathematicalconsiderationsonthetrajectoryofacannonball.ProfilesofhistoricfiguresincludeLeonardoFibonacci，JohannesKepler，IsaacNewton，Galileo，theBernoullifamily，andotherwell-andless-knownpersonalities，includingmathematiciansoftheFrenchRevolutionandwomeninmathematics.Suitableforreaderswithnobackgroundinmathematics，thisvolumeoffersanexcellentguideforhighschoolstudentsandcollegeundergraduatesaswellasanyonewithaninterestinthehistoryofmathematics.，
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