Overview
- includes an annotated bibliographys of books on the history of mathematics
- emphasizes the importance of using primary sources by looking at the distortion of historical facts over time
- author provides exercises and research projects for students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"This is very personal book, full of personal asides and footnotes that reveal the author’s thought process. It’s also an argumentative book … which made me want to argue back. I kept reading. … this is an interesting book. … I do think anyone who teaches history of mathematics can find useful things here." (Fernando Q. Gouvêa, MathDL, December, 2007)
"This volume … aims to discuss just a few topics from pre-20th-century mathematics, but to address them in some mathematical and historical detail. … The book includes an appendix offering a dozen historical/mathematical projects. Overall, an interesting volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty." (S. J. Colley, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), August, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: History of Mathematics
Book Subtitle: A Supplement
Authors: Craig Smoryński
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75481-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75480-2Published: 10 December 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2593-0Published: 29 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75481-9Published: 03 December 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 274
Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Geometry, Algebra