History of mathematics : highways and byways / by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer ; translated by Sanford Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahan-Dalmédico, Amy, author.

Contributor:

Peiffer, Jeanne.

Mathematical Association of America.

Series:

Spectrum, 2638-9045 ; v. 66

Standardized Title:

Histoire des mathématiques. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--History.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 330 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2010.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Summary:

A translation of the original 1986 French edition by Amy Dahan-Dalmedico and Jeanne Peiffer (both from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris), this eminently readable book places the birth and development of mathematical activity in historical, cultural, and economic context. The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read. - Publisher.

Contents:

1. Landscapes 2. A Moment of Rationality: Greece 3. The constitution of classical algebra 4. Figures, Spaces, and Geometries 5. Limits: From Initial Thoughts to the Concept 6. The Concept of Function and the Development of Analysis 7. At the crossroads of algebra, analysis, and geometry: complex numbers 8. New Objects, New Laws. The emergence of algebraic structures

Notes:

Originally published in French as: Une histoire des mathématiques : routes et dédales. Paris : Éd. du Seuil, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781470457464 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.