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Cargando... A Concise History of Mathematics (1948)por Dirk J. Struik
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Indeholder "Indledning", "1. Begyndelsen", "2. Det gamle Orienten", "3. Grækenland", "4. Orienten efter det græske samfunds forfald", "5. Begyndelsen i Vesteuropa", "6. Det syttende århundrede", "7. Det attende århundrede", "8. Det nittende århundrede", "Personregister". Glimrende matematikhistorie som var med til at vække og vedligeholde min interesse for matematik. Specielt nogle af de uendelige rækkeudviklinger for pi har jeg brugt en del tid på. Dirk J. Struik var professor i matematik på M.I.T. = Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This volume delivers on its promise: an efficient, digestible history of mathematics up to (but excluding) the 20th century. The focus is unsurprisingly on the Western world. Although there are efforts (expanded in this 1967 revised edition) to take non-European mathematics into account in the sections on ancient and medieval periods, there is no recognition of any accomplishments outside of Europe in the modern era. Since the book is rather short, it is prudently supported with a considerable bibliographic apparatus. A general bibliography constitutes the bulk of the introduction, and a more topical bibliography is appended to each of the eight chronological chapters. A full index of names helps make the volume useful for reference. I have not had any formal study of mathematics since my undergraduate days, although I like to challenge myself periodically by reading math books that exceed my training. This one actually qualifies. Although it is primarily a history book, it constantly alludes to mathematical topics far in advance of what an accomplished college freshman calculus student is likely to have encountered. Even so, the book remained intelligible to me for the most part. Author Struik goes some way toward offering ideas about how social and political circumstances impacted the development of mathematical ideas and techniques. He also remarks historical parallels in particular schools and periods of activity. The prose is fairly dry, but an effort is made to communicate the personalities of key mathematicians. This read has sufficiently stoked my mathematical enthusiasm that I will be reading some actual math texts quite soon. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." -- Nature. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Illustreret med 49 portrætter og tekster. Dirk J. Struik var professor i matematik på M.I.T. = Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ( )