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Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 Morris Kline (former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 By Morris Kline (former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

Summary

Part of a set of volumes that trace the development of mathematical ideas, this study examines the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods.

Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 Summary

Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 by Morris Kline (former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the men responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the nineteenth century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Goedel on recent mathematical study.

Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 Reviews


"I have always had great regard for this book as the one which relates the development of modern mathematical ideas in a readable fashion."--Michael O'Reilly, University of Minnesota


About Morris Kline (former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

Morris Kline is author of Mathematics The Loss of Certainty & Mathematics in Western Culture

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GOR002020248
9780195061376
0195061373
Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times: Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times, Volume 3 by Morris Kline (former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, former Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)
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Oxford University Press Inc
1990-03-01
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