History of Mathematics : States of the Art Hardback
Edited by Eberhard (Technische Universitat Berlin) Knobloch, Menso (Universitat Munchen) Folkerts, Joseph (The City University of New York) Dauben, Hans (Sachsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig) Wussing
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The contributors and their methods are diverse. Their papers deal with subjects such as anamorphic art, the geometry of Durer, musical works of Mozart and Beethoven, the history of negative numbers, the development of mathematical notation, and efforts to bring mathematics to bear on problems in commerce and engineering.
All papers have English summaries. This book provides historians of mathematics or mathematicians with an interest in history with an overview of the methods, concerns, and results of research in the history of mathematics as it stands today.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:394 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Publication Date:27/03/1996
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- ISBN:9780122040559
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:394 pages
- Publisher:Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
- Publication Date:27/03/1996
- Category:
- ISBN:9780122040559