Evolution of Mathematical Concepts: An Elementary Study (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

Wilder, Raymond L.

 
9780486490618: Evolution of Mathematical Concepts: An Elementary Study (Dover Books on Mathematics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486490610 ISBN 13: 9780486490618
Verlag: DOVER PUBN INC, 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Accessible to students and relevant to specialists, this remarkable book by a prominent educator offers a unique perspective on the evolutionary development of mathematics. Rather than conducting a survey of the history or philosophy of mathematics, Raymond L. Wilder envisions mathematics as a broad cultural phenomenon. His treatment examines and illustrates how such concepts as number and length were affected by historic and social events.
Starting with a brief consideration of preliminary notions, this study explores the early evolution of numbers, the evolution of geometry, and the conquest of the infinite as embodied by real numbers. A detailed look at the processes of evolution concludes with an examination of the evolutionary aspects of modern mathematics.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Raymond Wilder (1896-1982) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan and a Research Associate and lecturer at The University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Dover's Introduction to the Foundations of Mathematics.

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Verlag
DOVER PUBN INC
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486490610
ISBN 13 
9780486490618
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Anzahl der Seiten
216
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