A concise history of mathematics

Autor*innen

• Dirk J. Struik

Parameter

• Biografien & Memoiren
• Geschichte der Wissenschaft
• Mathematik
• Sachliteratur
• Wissenschaft

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This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." -- Nature.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987