Comp Ency Hist Phil Math V 2 (Routledge reference) | 
 enlarge | Author: Grattan - Guinness I
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2333135
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 1819
ISBN: 0415092396
EAN: 9780415092395
Publication Date: May 18, 1992
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Product Description
The Companion Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work to cover all the principal lines and themes of the history and philosophy of mathematics from ancient times up to the twentieth century. In 176 articles contributed by 160 authors of 18 nationalities, the work describes and analyzes the variety of theories, proofs, techniques, and cultural and practical applications of mathematics. The work's aim is to recover our mathematical heritage and show the importance of mathematics today by treating its interactions with the related disciplines of physics, astronomy, engineering and philosophy. It also covers the history of higher education in mathematics and the growth of institutions and organizations connected with the development of the subject.
Part 1 deals with mathematics in various ancient and non-Western cultures from antiquity up to medieval and Renaissance times. Part 2 treats developments in all the main areas of mathematics during the medieval and Renaissance periods up to and including the early 17th century. Parts 3-10 are divided into the main branches into which mathematics developed from the early 17th century onwards: calculus and mathematical analysis, logic and foundations, algebras, geometries, mechanics, mathematical physics and engineering, and probability and statistics. Parts 11-13 review the history of mathematics from an international perspective. The teaching of mathematics in higher education is examined in various countries, and mathematics in culture, art and society is covered.
The Companion Encyclopedia features annotated bibliographies of both classic and contemporary sources; black and white illustrations, line figures and equations; biographies of major mathematicians and historians and philosophers of mathematics; a chronological table of main events in the developments of mathematics; and a fully integrated indexof people, events and topics.
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it's part of a set September 21, 2005
treefrog (Oak Ridge, TN)
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
Amazon apparently has missed the fact that this is part two of a two-volume set, and they eveen have both volumes in their database.
I only have them wishlisted now, after seeing a real copy during a two-hour visit to the engineering-science-math section of the Stanford University bookstore, where I wishlisted hundreds of dollars worth of books, mostly in math. When I purchase both volumes I'll try to give a better review.
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