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Dewey Class	510.9
Title	Mathematics and Its History ([EBook] /) / by John Stillwell.
Author	Stillwell, John
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Edition statement	Second Edition.
Publication	New York, NY : : Springer New York : : Imprint: Springer, , 2002.
Physical Details	XVIII, 544 p. 181 illus. : online resource.
Series	Undergraduate texts in mathematics 0172-6056
ISBN	9781468492811
Summary Note	From the reviews of the first edition: "There are many books on the history of mathematics in which mathematics is subordinated to history. This is a book in which history is definitely subordinated to mathematics. It can be described as a collection of critical historical essays dealing with a large variety of mathematical disciplines and issues, and intended for a broad audience...we know of no book on mathematics and its history that covers half as much nonstandard material. Even when dealing with standard material, Stillwell manages to dramatize it and to make it worth rethinking. In short, his book is a splendid addition to the genre of works that build royal roads to mathematical culture for the many." (Mathematical Intelligencer) "The discussion is at a deep enough level that I suspect most trained mathematicians will find much that they do not know, as well as good intuitive explanations of familiar facts. The careful exposition, lightness of touch, and the absence of technicalities should make the book accessible to most senior undergraduates." (American Mathematical Monthly) "...The book is a treasure, which deserves wide adoption as a text and much consultation by historians and mathematicians alike." (Physis - Revista Internazionale di Storia della Scienza) "A beautiful little book, certain to be treasured by several generations of mathematics lovers, by students and teachers so enlightened as to think of mathematics not as a forest of technical details but as the beautiful coherent creation of a richly diverse population of extraordinary people...His writing is so luminous as to engage the interest of utter novices, yet so dense with particulars as to stimulate the imagination of professionals." (Book News, Inc.) This second edition includes new chapters on Chinese and Indian number theory, on hypercomplex numbers, and on algebraic number theory. Many more exercises have been added, as well as commentary to the exercises expalining how they relate to the preceding section, and how they foreshadow later topics. The index has been given added structure to make searching easier, the references have been redone, and hundreds of minor improvements have been made throughout the text.:
Contents note	1 The Theorem of Pythagoras -- 2 Greek Geometry -- 3 Greek Number Theory -- 4 Infinity in Greek Mathematics -- 5 Number Theory in Asia -- 6 Polynomial Equations -- 7 Analytic Geometry -- 8 Projective Geometry -- 9 Calculus -- 10 Infinite Series -- 11 The Number Theory Revival -- 12 Elliptic Functions -- 13 Mechanics -- 14 Complex Numbers in Algebra -- 15 Complex Numbers and Curves -- 16 Complex Numbers and Functions -- 17 Differential Geometry -- 18 Noneuclidean Geometry -- 19 Group Theory -- 20 Hypercomplex Numbers -- 21 Algebraic Number Theory -- 22 Topology -- 23 Sets, Logic, and Computation.
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9281-1
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Analysis . Analysis (Mathematics) . Geometry . History . History of Mathematical Sciences . Mathematical analysis . Mathematics . Number Theory . Authors: Stillwell, John . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Undergraduate texts in mathematics . Classification: 510.9 .

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