History of Mathematics

  • History of Mathematics
    History of Mathematics
    By David E. Smith

    In 1620 Edmund Gunter designed the logarithmic " line of numbers , " on which the distances were proportional to the logarithms of the numbers indicated . This was known as Gunter's Scale , and by adding or subtracting distances by the ...

  • History of Mathematics
    History of Mathematics
    By Jeremy Gray, Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen

    The Theme on History of Mathematics discusses: Mathematics in Egypt and Mesopotamia; History of Trigonometryto 1550; Mathematics in Japan; The Mathematization of The Physical Sciences-Differential Equations of Nature; A Short History of ...

  • History of Mathematics: A Supplement
    History of Mathematics: A Supplement
    By Craig Smorynski

    Charles Gillespie, ed., Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1970 - 1991. This encyclopædia is the best first place to find information on individual scientists who died before 1972.

  • History of Mathematics: Highways and Byways
    History of Mathematics: Highways and Byways
    By Amy Dahan-Dalmédico, Jeanne Pieffer

    The book offers an outstanding account, for instance, of how Arabs preserved Greek mathematics and extended it over an 800-year period, from 400-1200. The large number of illustrations supports the text and contributes to a fine read.

  • HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS: A Source-based Approach, Volumes 1 & 2
    HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS: A Source-based Approach, Volumes 1 & 2
    By JUNE. BARROW-GREEN

    This two-volume set was designed as a textbook for the authors' acclaimed year-long course at the Open University.