The history of mathematics : a very short introduction / Jacqueline Stedall.

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In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic wor...

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Main Author: Stedall, Jacqueline A.
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Series:Very short introductions ; 305.
Subjects:
Mathematics > History.
Physical Description:xvii, 123 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Mathematics: myth and history
  • What is mathematics and who is a mathematician?
  • How are mathematical ideas disseminated?
  • Learning mathematics
  • Mathematical livelihoods
  • Getting inside mathematics
  • The evolving historiography of mathematics.