Great moments in mathematics (before 1650) / by Howard Eves ; [charts and drawings by John Zermani].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eves, Howard, 1911-2004, author.

Series:

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--History.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c1980.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

LECTURE ONE. Scratches and grunts LECTURE TWO. The greatest Egyptian pyramid LECTURE THREE. From the laboratory into the study LECTURE FOUR. The first great theorem LECTURE FIVE. Precipitation of the first crisis LECTURE SIX. Resolution of the first crisis LECTURE SEVEN. First steps in organizing mathematics LECTURE EIGHT. The mathematicians' bible LECTURE NINE. The thinker and the thug LECTURE TEN. A boost from astronomy LECTURE ELEVEN. The first great number theorist LECTURE TWELVE. The syncopation of algebra LECTURE THIRTEEN. Two early computing inventions LECTURE FOURTEEN. The poet-mathematician of Khorasan LECTURE FIFTEEN. The blockhead LECTURE SIXTEEN. An extraordinary and bizarre story LECTURE SEVENTEEN. Doubling the life of the astronomer LECTURE EIGHTEEN. The stimulation of science LECTURE NINETEEN. Slicing it thin LECTURE TWENTY. The transform-solve-invert technique

Notes:

Includes bibliographies and index.

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

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614442141 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.