9780883855461-0883855461-Sherlock Holmes in Babylon: And Other Tales of Mathematical History (Spectrum)

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon: And Other Tales of Mathematical History (Spectrum)

ISBN-13: 9780883855461
ISBN-10: 0883855461
Author: Robin Wilson, Victor Katz, Marlow Anderson
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Format: Hardcover 397 pages
Category: Mathematics
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ISBN-13: 9780883855461
ISBN-10: 0883855461
Author: Robin Wilson, Victor Katz, Marlow Anderson
Publication date: 2004
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Format: Hardcover 397 pages
Category: Mathematics

Summary

Sherlock Holmes in Babylon: And Other Tales of Mathematical History (Spectrum) (ISBN-13: 9780883855461 and ISBN-10: 0883855461), written by authors Robin Wilson, Victor Katz, Marlow Anderson, was published by American Mathematical Society in 2004. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other Mathematics books. You can easily purchase or rent Sherlock Holmes in Babylon: And Other Tales of Mathematical History (Spectrum) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Mathematics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians to the eighteenth century, this collection chronicles the enormous changes in mathematical thinking over this time, as viewed by distinguished historians of mathematics from the past and the present. Each of the four sections of the book (Ancient Mathematics, Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics, The Seventeenth Century, The Eighteenth Century) is preceded by a Foreword, in which the articles are put into historical context, and followed by an Afterword, in which they are reviewed in the light of current historical scholarship. In more than one case, two articles on the same topic are included, to show how knowledge and views about the topic changed over the years. This book will be enjoyed by anyone interested in mathematics and its history - and in particular by mathematics teachers at secondary, college, and university levels.

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