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Victor J. Katz (Author)
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0321161939 978-0321161932 November 1, 2003 1

One of the leading historians in the mathematics field, Victor Katz provides a world view of mathematics, balancing ancient, early modern, and modern history.

 

Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greek Mathematics to the Time of Euclid, Greek Mathematics from Archimedes to Ptolemy, Diophantus to Hypatia, Ancient and Medieval China, Ancient and Medieval India, The Mathematics of Islam, Mathematics in Medieval Europe, Mathematics in the Renaissance, Precalculus in the Seventeenth Century, Calculus in the Seventeenth Century, Analysis in the Eighteenth Century, Probability and Statistics in the Eighteenth Century, Algebra and Number Theory in the Eighteenth Century, Geometry in the Eighteenth Century, Algebra and Number Theory in the Nineteenth Century, Analysis in the Nineteenth Century, Statistics in the Nineteenth Century, Geometry in the Nineteenth Century, Aspects of the Twentieth Century

 

For all readers interested in the history of mathematics.


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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley; 1 edition (November 1, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0321161939
  • ISBN-13: 978-0321161932
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good information, hard to take in, July 20, 2010
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This is an good textbook on the subject, briefly covers a lot of mathematical history from ancient mathematics around the world, as well as classical and modern Western mathematics. The drawback is skimming that much material that quickly makes it nearly impossible to sink in in a semester. A course may do well to have the students read the chapters so they are exposed to all the different ideas and people and may pursue personal interests that may develop, but focus in on more narrow areas for the target learning outcomes of the class, there really is too much mathematics to do it any of it justice by skimming it like the book does. There are problems pertaining to the mathematics discussed at the end of the chapters, requiring familiarity with proofs.
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