{"product_id":"a-history-of-mathematics-isbn-9780470525487","title":"A History of Mathematics","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematics\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor more than forty years, \u003ci\u003eA History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind’s relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat’s Last Theorem and the Poincaré Conjecture\u003ci\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and computer-aided proofs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDistills thousands of years of mathematics into a single, approachable volume\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers mathematical discoveries, concepts, and thinkers, from Ancient Egypt to the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes up-to-date references and an extensive chronological table of mathematical and general historical developments.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you're interested in the age of Plato and Aristotle or Poincaré and Hilbert, whether you want to know more about the Pythagorean theorem or the golden mean, \u003ci\u003eA History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential reference that will help you explore the incredible history of mathematics and the men and women who created it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by Isaac Asimov xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Third Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Traces 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConcepts and Relationships 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Number Bases 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber Language and Counting 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpatial Relationships 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Ancient Egypt 8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era and the Sources 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumbers and Fractions 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArithmetic Operations 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Heap” Problems 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometric Problems 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlope Problems 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArithmetic Pragmatism 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Mesopotamia 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era and the Sources 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuneiform Writing 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumbers and Fractions: Sexagesimals 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePositional Numeration 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSexagesimal Fractions 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproximations 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTables 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEquations 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasurements: Pythagorean Triads 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Polygonal Areas 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry as Applied Arithmetic 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Hellenic Traditions 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Era and the Sources 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThales and Pythagoras 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumeration 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArithmetic and Logistic 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifth-Century Athens 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Classical Problems 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuadrature of Lunes 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHippias of Elis 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilolaus and Archytas of Tarentum 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncommensurability 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParadoxes of Zeno 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeductive Reasoning 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDemocritus of Abdera 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematics and the Liberal Arts 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Academy 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotle 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Euclid of Alexandria 90\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlexandria 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Works 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExtant Works 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elements 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Archimedes of Syracuse 109\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Siege of Syracuse 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Equilibriums of Planes 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Floating Bodies 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sand-Reckoner 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasurement of the Circle 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Spirals 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuadrature of the Parabola 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Conoids and Spheroids 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Sphere and Cylinder 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBook of Lemmas 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemiregular Solids and Trigonometry 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Method 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Apollonius of Perge 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks and Tradition 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Works 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCycles and Epicycles 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Conics 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Crosscurrents 142\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging Trends 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEratosthenes 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAngles and Chords 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePtolemy’s Almagest 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeron of Alexandria 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline of Greek Mathematics 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicomachus of Gerasa 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiophantus of Alexandria 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePappus of Alexandria 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of Alexandrian Dominance 170\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProclus of Alexandria 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoethius 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAthenian Fragments 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eByzantine Mathematicians 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Ancient and Medieval China 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Oldest Known Texts 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nine Chapters 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRod Numerals 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abacus and Decimal Fractions 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues of Pi 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirteenth-Century Mathematics 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Ancient and Medieval India 186\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Mathematics in India 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sulbasutras 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Siddhantas 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAryabhata 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumerals 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrigonometry 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultiplication 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong Division 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrahmagupta 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndeterminate Equations 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBhaskara 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadhava and the Keralese School 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Islamic Hegemony 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArabic Conquests 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe House of Wisdom 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Khwarizmi 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Abd Al-Hamid ibn-Turk 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThabit ibn-Qurra 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumerals 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrigonometry 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTenth- and Eleventh-Century Highlights 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOmar Khayyam 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parallel Postulate 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNasir al-Din al-Tusi 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAl-Kashi 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Latin West 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompendia of the Dark Ages 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerbert 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Century of Translation 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Abacists and Algorists 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFibonacci 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJordanus Nemorarius 232\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCampanus of Novara 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning in the Thirteenth Century 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchimedes Revived 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedieval Kinematics 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Bradwardine 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicole Oresme 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Latitude of Forms 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfinite Series 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLevi ben Gerson 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicholas of Cusa 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decline of Medieval Learning 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The European Renaissance 245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegiomontanus 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicolas Chuquet’s Triparty 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLuca Pacioli’s Summa 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerman Algebras and Arithmetics 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCardan’s Ars Magna 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRafael Bombelli 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Recorde 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrigonometry 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeometry 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenaissance Trends 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrançois Viète 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Early Modern Problem Solvers 282\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessibility of Computation 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecimal Fractions 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotation 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogarithms 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical Instruments 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfinitesimal Methods: Stevin 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohannes Kepler 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Analysis, Synthesis, the Infinite, and Numbers 300\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGalileo’s Two New Sciences 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBonaventura Cavalieri 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvangelista Torricelli 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMersenne’s Communicants 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRené Descartes 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFermat’s Loci 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGregory of St. Vincent 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory of Numbers 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGilles Persone de Roberval 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGirard Desargues and Projective Geometry 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlaise Pascal 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilippe de Lahire 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorg Mohr 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePietro Mengoli 338\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrans van Schooten 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJan de Witt 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohann Hudde 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRené François de Sluse 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristiaan Huygens 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 British Techniques and Continental Methods 348\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Wallis 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Gregory 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicolaus Mercator and William Brouncker 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarrow’s Method of Tangents 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewton 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham De Moivre 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoger Cotes 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJames Stirling 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColin Maclaurin 376\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextbooks 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRigor and Progress 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeibniz 382\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bernoulli Family 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTschirnhaus Transformations 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolid Analytic Geometry 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichel Rolle and Pierre Varignon 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Clairauts 401\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematics in Italy 402\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parallel Postulate 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDivergent Series 404\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Euler 406\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Life of Euler 406\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotation 408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoundation of Analysis 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogarithms and the Euler Identities 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferential Equations 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbability 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Theory of Numbers 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextbooks 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalytic Geometry 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parallel Postulate: Lambert 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Pre- to Postrevolutionary France 423\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMen and Institutions 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Committee on Weights and Measures 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD’Alembert 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBézout 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCondorcet 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLagrange 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonge 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarnot 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaplace 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLegendre 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAspects of Abstraction 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParis in the 1820s 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourier 450\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauchy 452\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiffusion 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Gauss 464\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNineteenth-Century Overview 464\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauss: Early Work 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumber Theory 466\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReception of the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAstronomy 470\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauss’s Middle Years 471\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferential Geometry 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauss’s Later Work 473\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauss’s Influence 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Geometry 483\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe School of Monge 483\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProjective Geometry: Poncelet and Chasles 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynthetic Metric Geometry: Steiner 487\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSynthetic Nonmetric Geometry: von Staudt 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalytic Geometry 489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNon-Euclidean Geometry 494\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiemannian Geometry 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpaces of Higher Dimensions 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFelix Klein 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePost-Riemannian Algebraic Geometry 501\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Algebra 504\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 504\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Algebra and the Operational Calculus of Functions 505\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoole and the Algebra of Logic 506\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAugustus De Morgan 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Rowan Hamilton 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrassmann and Ausdehnungslehre 512\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCayley and Sylvester 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLinear Associative Algebras 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgebraic Geometry 520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgebraic and Arithmetic Integers 520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAxioms of Arithmetic 522\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Analysis 526\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBerlin and Göttingen at Midcentury 526\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiemann in Göttingen 527\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical Physics in Germany 528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMathematical Physics in English-Speaking Countries 529\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeierstrass and Students 531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Arithmetization of Analysis 533\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDedekind 536\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCantor and Kronecker 538\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalysis in France 543\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Twentieth-Century Legacies 548\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 548\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenri Poincaré 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Hilbert 555\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntegration and Measure 564\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctional Analysis and General Topology 568\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgebra 570\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferential Geometry and Tensor Analysis 572\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProbability 573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBounds and Approximations 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1930s and World War II 577\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNicolas Bourbaki 578\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHomological Algebra and Category Theory 580\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgebraic Geometry 581\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogic and Computing 582\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fields Medals 584\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Recent Trends 586\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview 586\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Four-Color Conjecture 587\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassification of Finite Simple Groups 591\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Fermat’s Last Theorem 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoincaré’s Query 596\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFuture Outlook 599\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Bibliography 633\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 647 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... the book is an essential reference that will help you explore the incredible history of mathematics and the men and women who created it.\" (\u003ci\u003eZentralblatt MATH\u003c\/i\u003e, 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"... an 'engaging' read for the mathematically minded.\" (\u003ci\u003eInside OR\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUTA C. MERZBACH\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator Emeritus of Mathematics at the Smithsonian Institution and Director of the LHM Institute. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late \u003cb\u003eCARL B. BOYER\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of mathematics at Brooklyn College and the author of several classic works on the history of mathematics.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMathematics\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boyer and Merzbach distill thousands of years of mathematics into this fascinating chronicle. From the Greeks to Gödel, the mathematics is brilliant; the cast of characters is distinguished; the ebb and flow of ideas is everywhere evident. … Without doubt, this is—and will long remain—a classic one- volume history of mathematics and mathematicians who create it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—William Dunham, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJourney Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Both readable and scholarly … a fine introduction to the topic.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—J. David Bolter, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTuring's Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When we read a book like \u003ci\u003eA History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e, we get the picture of a mounting structure, ever taller and broader and more beautiful and magnificent and with a foundation, moreover, that is as untainted and as functional now as it was when Thales worked out the first geometrical theorems nearly twenty-six centuries ago.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e —Isaac Asimov (from the Foreword)\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than forty years, \u003ci\u003eA History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincaré conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and computer-aided proofs.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you're interested in the age of Plato and Aristotle or Poincaré and Hilbert, whether you want to know more about the Pythagorean theorem or the golden mean, \u003ci\u003eA History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential reference that will help you explore the incredible history of mathematics and the men and women who created it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988634321125,"sku":"NP9780470525487","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470525487.jpg?v=1761781057","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-history-of-mathematics-isbn-9780470525487","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}