A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity

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A History of Mathematics covers the evolution of mathematics through time and around the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the pains and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The vital, and steadily neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail, placing the outline of early Western mathematics in a global context. The book concludes with up to date mathematics, covering latest developments such as the advent of the computer, chaos theory, topology, mathematical physics, and the answer of Fermat’s Last Theorem. Containing more than 100 illustrations and figures, this newsletter, aimed at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates, addresses the methods and challenges associated with studying the history of mathematics. The reader is introduced to the leading figures within the history of mathematics (including Archimedes, Ptolemy, Qin Jiushao, al-Kashi, al-Khwasizmi, Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Helmholtz, Hilbert, Alan Turing, and Andrew Wiles) and their fields. An extensive bibliography with cross-references to key texts will provide invaluable resource to students and exercises (with solutions) will stretch the more advanced reader.

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