Burton, David M.
The history of mathematics : an introduction / David M. Burton. - Fifth edition. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003. - x, 278 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Early number systems and symbols -- Chapter 2 Mathematics in early civilizations -- Chapter 3 The beginnings of Greek mathematics -- Chapter 4 The Alexandrian school: Euclid -- Chapter 5 The twilight of Greek mathematics: Diophantus -- Chapter 6 The first awakening: Fibonacci -- Chapter 7 The renaissance of mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia -- Chapter 8 The mechanical world: Descartes and newton -- Chapter 9 The development of probability theory: pascal, Bernoulli and Laplace -- Chapter 10 The revival of number theory Fermat ,Euler, and Gauss -- Chapter 11 Nineteenth-century contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky -- Chapter 12 Transition to the twentieth century:Cantor and Kronecker -- Chapter 13 Extensions and generalizations: Hardly, Hausdorff,and Noether.
English
0072885238 [hardbound]
2002024409
Mathematics --History.
The history of mathematics : an introduction / David M. Burton. - Fifth edition. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003. - x, 278 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Chapter 1 Early number systems and symbols -- Chapter 2 Mathematics in early civilizations -- Chapter 3 The beginnings of Greek mathematics -- Chapter 4 The Alexandrian school: Euclid -- Chapter 5 The twilight of Greek mathematics: Diophantus -- Chapter 6 The first awakening: Fibonacci -- Chapter 7 The renaissance of mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia -- Chapter 8 The mechanical world: Descartes and newton -- Chapter 9 The development of probability theory: pascal, Bernoulli and Laplace -- Chapter 10 The revival of number theory Fermat ,Euler, and Gauss -- Chapter 11 Nineteenth-century contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky -- Chapter 12 Transition to the twentieth century:Cantor and Kronecker -- Chapter 13 Extensions and generalizations: Hardly, Hausdorff,and Noether.
English
0072885238 [hardbound]
2002024409
Mathematics --History.