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• catalog abstract ""This classic best-seller by a well-known author introduces mathematics history to mathematics students. Suggested essay topics and problem studies challenge students. "Cultural Connections" sections explain the time and culture in which mathematics developed and evolved. Portraits of mathematicians and material on women in mathematics are of special interest." -- Publisher's description.".
• catalog contributor b2917179.
• catalog created "c1990.".
• catalog date "1990".
• catalog date "c1990.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1990.".
• catalog description ""This classic best-seller by a well-known author introduces mathematics history to mathematics students. Suggested essay topics and problem studies challenge students. "Cultural Connections" sections explain the time and culture in which mathematics developed and evolved. Portraits of mathematicians and material on women in mathematics are of special interest." -- Publisher's description.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "Part 1. Before the 17th century -- Cultural connection 1: The hunter of the Savanna (the Stone Age) -- 1. Numeral systems -- Cultural connection 2: the agricultural revolution (the cradles of civilization) -- 2. Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics -- Cultural connection 3: the philosophers of the Agora (Hellenic Greece) -- 3. Phytagorean mathematics -- 4. Duplication, trisection, and quadrature -- Cultural connection 4: The Olkoumene (the Persian Empire, Hellenistic Greece, and the Roman Empire) -- 5. Euclid and his elements -- 6. Greek mathematics after Euclid -- Cultural connection 5: the Asian empires (China, India, and the rise of Islam) -- 7. Chinese, Hindu, and Arabian mathematics -- Cultural connection 6: Serfs, lords and popes (the European Middle Ages) -- 8. European mathematics, 500 to 1600 --- Part 2. The 17th century and after -- Cultural connection 7: puritans and seadogs (The expansion of Europe) -- 9. The dawn of modern mathematics -- 10. Analytic geometry and other precalculus developments -- 11. The calculus and related concepts -- Cultural connection 8: The revolt of the middle class (the 18th century in Europe and America) -- 12. The 18th century and the exploitation of calculus -- Cultural connection 9: the Industrial revolution (the 19th century) -- 13. The early 19th century and the liberation of geometry and algebra -- 14. The later 19th century and the Arithmetization of analysis -- Cultural connection 10: the atom and the spinning wheel (the 20th century) -- 15. Into the 20th century.".
• catalog extent "xviii, 775 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Introduction to the history of mathematics.".
• catalog identifier "0030295580".
• catalog isFormatOf "Introduction to the history of mathematics.".
• catalog isPartOf "The Saunders series".
• catalog issued "1990".
• catalog issued "c1990.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Philadelphia : Saunders College Pub.,".
• catalog relation "Introduction to the history of mathematics.".
• catalog subject "510/.9 20".
• catalog subject "Mathematics History.".
• catalog subject "QA21 .E8 1990".
• catalog tableOfContents "Part 1. Before the 17th century -- Cultural connection 1: The hunter of the Savanna (the Stone Age) -- 1. Numeral systems -- Cultural connection 2: the agricultural revolution (the cradles of civilization) -- 2. Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics -- Cultural connection 3: the philosophers of the Agora (Hellenic Greece) -- 3. Phytagorean mathematics -- 4. Duplication, trisection, and quadrature -- Cultural connection 4: The Olkoumene (the Persian Empire, Hellenistic Greece, and the Roman Empire) -- 5. Euclid and his elements -- 6. Greek mathematics after Euclid -- Cultural connection 5: the Asian empires (China, India, and the rise of Islam) -- 7. Chinese, Hindu, and Arabian mathematics -- Cultural connection 6: Serfs, lords and popes (the European Middle Ages) -- 8. European mathematics, 500 to 1600 --- Part 2. The 17th century and after -- Cultural connection 7: puritans and seadogs (The expansion of Europe) -- 9. The dawn of modern mathematics -- 10. Analytic geometry and other precalculus developments -- 11. The calculus and related concepts -- Cultural connection 8: The revolt of the middle class (the 18th century in Europe and America) -- 12. The 18th century and the exploitation of calculus -- Cultural connection 9: the Industrial revolution (the 19th century) -- 13. The early 19th century and the liberation of geometry and algebra -- 14. The later 19th century and the Arithmetization of analysis -- Cultural connection 10: the atom and the spinning wheel (the 20th century) -- 15. Into the 20th century.".
• catalog title "An introduction to the history of mathematics / Howard Eves ; with cultural connections by Jamie H. Eves.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "Problems, exercises, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".