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This book is an extended history of mathematics that places mathematical development firmly in its historical context. Each section begins with a description of the geography and history of the country considered. From there, lively retelling of the creation myths and legends leads on to a description of how its people wrote and counted. This is followed by relevant mathematical material. The book covers; * The geometry of stone circles in Europe * The area of triangles and volume of pyramids that concerned the engineers of the Pharoahs * The Babylonian sexagesimal number system and our present measures of space and time which grew out of it * The use of the abacus and remainder theory in China * Greek mathematics from Pythagoras to Pappus. Detailed accounts of the work of apollonius and Archimedes are given. * The invention of trigonometry by Arab mathematicians * The solution of quadratic equations by completing the square developed in India Each chapter has a mathematical case study which is discussed both in the context of thetimes and in th light of more recent developments. Worked examples are also included. "The author has woven together a broad historical backgrounding and some fairly detailed but accessible mathematics in amost exciting way." John Fauvel, author of Let Newton Be!

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Mathematics & science Mathematics Philosophy of mathematics

• Plný název: Infinite in the Finite
• Autor: Alistair Macintosh Wilson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 538
• EAN: 9780198539506
• ISBN: 0198539509
• ID: 04527541
• Nakladatelství: Oxford University Press
• Hmotnost: 927 g
• Rozměry: 241 × 161 × 34 mm
• Datum vydání: 26. October 1995

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