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The development of mathematics throughout the centuries : a brief history in a cultural context
- Title
- The development of mathematics throughout the centuries : a brief history in a cultural context / Brian R. Evans, Pace University, New York, NY.
- Author
- Evans, Brian R.
- Publication
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 232 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
- Contents
- Ancient civilization mathematics: Africa as our birthplace -- Ancient Egyptian mathematics: the time of the pharaohs -- Babylonian mathematics: the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization -- Greek mathematics: the Archaic period -- Greek mathematics: the Classical period -- Greek mathematics: the Hellenistic and Roman/Byzantine periods -- Chinese mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages -- Indian mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages -- Islamic mathematics: preservation, innovation, and connection between east and west -- Pre-Columbian American mathematics: the Olmec, Maya, and Inca civilizations -- European mathematics: the middle ages and the Renaissance -- European mathematics: the 17th century -- European mathematics: the 18th century -- European mathematics: the 19th century -- European, American, and global mathematics: the 20th and 21st centuries -- European, American, and global mathematics: a shift in the 20th century -- American mathematics education: the 20th and 21st centuries.
- Call Number
- JBE 18-689
- ISBN
- 9781118853849 (cloth)
- 1118853849 (cloth)
- LCCN
- 2013041997
- OCLC
- 862066448
- Author
- Evans, Brian R.
- Title
- The development of mathematics throughout the centuries : a brief history in a cultural context / Brian R. Evans, Pace University, New York, NY.
- Publisher
- Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Evans, Brian R. Development of mathematics throughout the centuries Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014] 9781118853917 (DLC) 2013044445
- Research Call Number
- JBE 18-689