The history of mathematics / David M. Burton
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TextPublication details: Boston McGraw-Hill 2003Edition: 5thDescription: x, 742p. : ill. 26cmISBN: - 0072885238
- QA21 .B96
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Includes index
Chapter 1. Early Number Systems and Symbols --
Chapter 2. Mathematics in Early Civilizations --
Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Greek Mathematics --
Chapter 4. The Alexandrian School: Euclid --
Chapter 5. The Twilight of Greek Mathematics: Diophantus --
Chapter 6. The First Awakening: Fibonacci --
Chapter 7. The Renaissance of Mathematics: Cardan and Tartaglia --
Chapter 8. The Mechanical World: Descartes and Newton --
Chapter 9. The Development of Probability Theory: Pascal, Bernoulli, and LaPlace --
Chapter 10. The Revival of Number Theory: Fermat, Euler, and Gauss --
Chapter 11. Nineteenth Century Contributions: Bolyai and Lobachevsky.
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