This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." - Nature.
ISBN: | 9780486602554 |
Publication date: | 1st February 2000 |
Author: | Dirk J Struik |
Publisher: | Search Press an imprint of Dover Publications Inc |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 228 pages |
Series: | Dover Books on MaTHEMA 1.4Tics |
Genres: |
Mathematics |