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History Of Mathematics |  | Authors: Wooster Woodruff Beman, David Eugene Smith
Publisher: BiblioBazaar
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Pages: 348
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.2
ISBN: 1117380246
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Publication Date: November 22, 2009
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Volume 1 of an unusually clear and readable 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Non-technical chronological survey with thousands of biographical notes, critical evaluations, contemporary opinions on over 1,100 mathematicians.
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More than a History of Mathematics June 5, 2000
MURILO N. BUENO
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is the one of the best references in Mathematics History that I have found. Generaly, when we look for this kind of book we always found or a purely concept evolution text or a formal tratise. In this book I found these thinks together and, in addition, something that I never have seen before: archeological references! Lots of egyptian, roman, greek, phenician and other civilization vessels, papirus, tables, reproduced, described and explained. And not only classical mathematics! I found, for an exemple, references of pre-colombian mathematics on Central and South Americas. For me, it becomes the top reference in History of Mathematics.
A lot more interesting than I imagined! January 31, 2002
tomi_adebayo@yahoo.com (Luton, Beds, UK)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
It takes talent to write such an interesting book about the history (sometimes considered a boring subject) of mathematics (to some, extremely boring) and the lives of great mathematicians....Bravo!
As an engineer/developer with a reasonable math background I really enjoyed reading about guys such as Laplace, Lagrange, Euler, Newton...I also found loads of useful facts for a maths website I am working on ...
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