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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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More than a History of Mathematics,
This review is from: History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) (Paperback)
This is the one of the best references in Mathematics History that I have found. Generaly, when we look for this kind of book we always found or a purely concept evolution text or a formal tratise. In this book I found these thinks together and, in addition, something that I never have seen before: archeological references! Lots of egyptian, roman, greek, phenician and other civilization vessels, papirus, tables, reproduced, described and explained. And not only classical mathematics! I found, for an exemple, references of pre-colombian mathematics on Central and South Americas. For me, it becomes the top reference in History of Mathematics.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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A lot more interesting than I imagined!,
By tomi_adebayo@yahoo.com (Luton, Beds, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) (Paperback)
It takes talent to write such an interesting book about the history (sometimes considered a boring subject) of mathematics (to some, extremely boring) and the lives of great mathematicians....Bravo!As an engineer/developer with a reasonable math background I really enjoyed reading about guys such as Laplace, Lagrange, Euler, Newton...I also found loads of useful facts for a maths website I am working on ... |
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History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics) by David E. Smith (Paperback - June 1, 1958)
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