Beginning with the Babylonian and Egyptian mathematicians of antiquity, Ivor Grattan-Guinness "succeeds masterfully in viewing the history of mathematics from a new perspective" (Professor Karen Hunger Parshall, editor of Historia Mathematica).
He charts the growth of mathematics through its refinement by ancient Greeks and then medieval Arabs, to its systematic development by Europeans from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. This book describes the evolution of arithmetic and geometry, trigonometry and algebra; the interplay between mathematics, physics, and mathematical astronomy; and "new" branches such as probability and statistics. Authoritative and comprehensive, The Rainbow of Mathematics is a unique account of the development of the science that is at the heart of so many other sciences. Originally published under the title The Norton History of the Mathematical Sciences.
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"Grattan-Guinness differs from other comprehensive historians of math by spending more time on the 19th century..." -- Publishers Weekly, 19 October 1998
Brilliant: a most impressive scientific work. . . . Stylistically it combines the content of an encyclopedia with the chronology of narrative. -- Professor Hans Wussig, University of Leipzig
Grattan-Guinness has achieved a synthesis here of remarkable historical and mathematical scope and sensitivity. His book is a 'must read' for historians of science and mathematics, as well as mathematicians. -- Professor Karen Hunger Parshall, editor of Historia Mathematica
Several features make this history unique: its lengthy discussion of the 19th century; its heavy emphasis on the importance of applications as a source of mathematical progress; the author's distinction between ways that theories are discovered; discussion of probability and statistics; inclusion of important lesser figures; and consideration of national differences in the study of mathematics. -- Book News, Inc
Brilliant: a most impressive scientific work. . . . Stylistically it combines the content of an encyclopedia with the chronology of narrative. -- Professor Hans Wussig, University of Leipzig
Grattan-Guinness has achieved a synthesis here of remarkable historical and mathematical scope and sensitivity. His book is a 'must read' for historians of science and mathematics, as well as mathematicians. -- Professor Karen Hunger Parshall, editor of Historia Mathematica
Several features make this history unique: its lengthy discussion of the 19th century; its heavy emphasis on the importance of applications as a source of mathematical progress; the author's distinction between ways that theories are discovered; discussion of probability and statistics; inclusion of important lesser figures; and consideration of national differences in the study of mathematics. -- Book News, Inc
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Ivor Grattan-Guinness is professor of the history of mathematics and logic at Middlesex University, England.
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In the issue of the British journal Nature for 27 July 1905, the statistician Karl Pearson posed the following problem: A man starts from a point O and walks l yards in a straight line; he then turns though any angle whatever and walks another l yards in a second straight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In the issue of the British journal Nature for 27 July 1905, the statistician Karl Pearson posed the following problem: A man starts from a point O and walks l yards in a straight line; he then turns though any angle whatever and walks another l yards in a second straight line. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Ecole Polytechnique, Middle Ages, Euclid's Elements, Great War, Far East, French Academy, Mathematische Annalen, William Thomson, Daniel Bernoulli, Jacob Bernoulli, Johann Bernoulli, Middle East, Royal Society, Second World War, Cantor's Mengenlehre, Joseph Fourier, Karl Pearson, Oxford Calculators, Solar System, Thabit ibn Qurra, Albert Einstein, Bernhard Riemann, Clerk Maxwell, David Hilbert, Ecole des Ponts New!
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- English Men of Science (Social History of Science,) by Francis Galton on page 518, and Back Matter
- General Problem of the Stability Of Motion by A M Lyapunov on page 610, and Back Matter
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