A Concise History of Mathematics
- ISBN-10
- 0486602559
- ISBN-13
- 9780486602554
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1967
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Dirk Jan Struik
Description
This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature.
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