A source book in mathematics, 1200-1800 / edited by D.J. Struik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Struik, Dirk Jan, Author.

Contributor:

Struik, Dirk J. (Dirk Jan), 1894-2000, editor.

Series:

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Early works to 1800.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (444 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

These selected mathematical writings cover the years when the foundations were laid for the theory of numbers, analytic geometry, and the calculus.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

ERRATA ET ADDENDA

PREFACE

CONTENTS

ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES

CHAPTER I ARITHMETIC

CHAPTER II. ALGEBRA

CHAPTER III. GEOMETRY

CHAPTER IV. ANALYSIS BEFORE NEWTON AND LEIBNIZ

CHAPTER V. NEWTON, LEIBNIZ, AND THEIR SCHOOL

INDEX

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1969. (Source books in the history of the sciences).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-61051-7

0-691-63863-2

0-691-02397-2

1-4008-5800-3

OCLC:

922704294