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The development of mathematics

""This important book . . . presents a broad account of the part played by mathematics in the evolution of civilization, describing clearly the main principles, methods, and theories of mathematics that have survived from about 4000 BC to 1940.""― BooklistIn this time-honored stu...

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Autor principal: Bell, Eric Temple
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: McGraw-Hill 1945
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/212999
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description ""This important book . . . presents a broad account of the part played by mathematics in the evolution of civilization, describing clearly the main principles, methods, and theories of mathematics that have survived from about 4000 BC to 1940.""― BooklistIn this time-honored study, one of the 20th century's foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning of mathematics masterfully outlines the development of its leading ideas, and clearly explains the mathematics involved in each. According to the author, a professor of mathematics at the California Institute of Technology from
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