Numbers by Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus
A book about numbers sounds rather dull. This one is not. Instead it is a lively story about one thread of mathematics-the concept of number- told by eight authors and organized into a historical narrative that leads the reader from ancient Egypt to the late twentieth century. It is a story that begins with some of the simplest ideas of mathematics and ends with some of the most complex. It is a story that mathematicians, both amateur and professional, ought to know. Why write about numbers? Mathematicians have always found it diffi- cult to develop broad perspective about their subject. While we each view our specialty as having roots in the past, and sometimes having connec- tions to other specialties in the present, we seldom see the panorama of mathematical development over thousands of years. Numbers attempts to give that broad perspective, from hieroglyphs to K-theory, from Dedekind cuts to nonstandard analysis.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780387974972 |
| ISBN 10 | 0387974970 |
| Title | Numbers |
| Author | Heinz-Dieter Ebbinghaus |
| Series | Graduate Texts In Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Year published | 1990-12-19 |
| Number of pages | 398 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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