The Search for Certainty: A Journey Through the History of Mathematics, 1800-2000
Frank J. Swetz$11.01
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Authoritative and highly readable, this global survey is suited to those with no background in math as well as more informed readers and teachers. Presented in a chronological and thematic manner, these twenty-six absorbing and entertaining essays focus on the era from 1800 to 2000.
Contributors such as Henri Poincar , Judith V. Grabiner, and H. S. M. Coxeter discuss topics ranging from logic and infinity to Fermat's Last Theorem. Additional subjects include the evolution of group theory, the development of modern statistics, and ENIAC, the first computer. Each of the brief, self-contained articles features an illuminating introduction and an extensive bibliography. Numerous relevant and provocative illustrations appear throughout the book.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2012
ISBN: 9780486474427
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.60d
Contributors such as Henri Poincar , Judith V. Grabiner, and H. S. M. Coxeter discuss topics ranging from logic and infinity to Fermat's Last Theorem. Additional subjects include the evolution of group theory, the development of modern statistics, and ENIAC, the first computer. Each of the brief, self-contained articles features an illuminating introduction and an extensive bibliography. Numerous relevant and provocative illustrations appear throughout the book.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 09/19/2012
ISBN: 9780486474427
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.60d