Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History
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Publisher : American Mathematical Society
Total Pages : 399
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ISBN-10 : 9781470470036
ISBN-13 : 1470470039
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Book Synopsis Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History by : Marlow Anderson

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History written by Marlow Anderson and published by American Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time as viewed by distinguished historians of mathematics from the past and the present. Each of the four sections of the book (Ancient Mathematics, Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century) is preceded by a Foreword, in which the articles are put into historical context, and followed by an Afterword, in which they are reviewed in the light of current historical scholarship. In more than one case, two articles on the same topic are included to show how knowledge and views about the topic changed over the years. This book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in mathematics and its history - and, in particular, by mathematics teachers at secondary, college, and university levels.


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