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Excursions in the History of Mathematics / by Israel Kleiner
By: Kleiner, Israel [author.]
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BookPublisher: New York ; London : Birkhäuser, c2012Description: xxi, 347 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 centimetres.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780817682675.Subject(s): Mathematics -- History | Mathematicians -- Biography | Global analysis (Mathematics) -- History | Logic, Symbolic and mathematical -- History | Number theory -- HistoryDDC classification: Other classification: 510
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Summary: This book was written with several goals in mind: to arouse mathematics teachers' interest in the history of their subject; to encourage mathematics teachers with at least some knowledge of the history of mathematics to offer courses with a strong historical component; and to provide an historical perspective on a number of basic topics taught in mathematics courses.
pt. A. Number theory -- Highlights in the history of number theory : 1700 BC-2008 -- Fermat : the founder of modern number theory -- Fermat's last theorem : from Fermat to Wiles -- pt. B. Calculus/analysis -- A history of the infinitely small and the infinitely large in calculus, with remarks for the teacher -- A brief history of the function concept -- More on the history of functions, with remarks on teaching -- pt. C. Proof -- Highlights in the practice of proof : 1600 BC-2009 -- Paradoxes : what are they good for? -- Principle of continuity : sixteenth-nineteenth centuries -- Proof : a many-splendored thing -- pt. D. Courses inspired by history -- Numbers as a source of mathematical ideas -- History of complex numbers, with a moral for teachers -- A history-of-mathematics course for teachers, based on great quotations -- Famous problems in mathematics -- pt. E. Brief biographies of selected mathematicians -- The biographies.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books | Science & Technology Studies Collection | 51:93 KLEINER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2402587437 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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