A Concise History of Mathematics
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 at
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- ISBN13: 9780486602554
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Revised 4th edition covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory. Work of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, etc…. More >>
A Concise History of Mathematics
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If you are searching some book about introduce you in the math World, you can find it in this book.
Rating: 3 / 5
I bought the book for a class on history of math, and it covered that topic well. The issue I had was the usage of words only a PHD in English would use. The book lead me to the Internet to find more information about the period that was easier to understand.
Rating: 2 / 5
I rather enjoyed reading this Dover classic on mathematics.Yet,there were some problems with the book.It’s a vast topic,that’s condensed into a rather small book.The author,Dirk J. Struik,did a wonderful job explaining the great giants of global historical mathematics.Now,if you’re looking for the math geniuses of the twentith century,however,you’ll miss them here.There is an excellent bibliograghy and many important basic formulas presented.The sketch portraits and rare photograghs add an insightful picture of the character of these esteemed numerologists.After reading this text,I found myself wanting to research more about their contributions to mathematics.Eventhough,i may be more advanced at understanding higher math concepts.This book presents a clear philosophical foundation,often skipped by math instructors today,because of time considerations. So, this book is the ideal text for any fellow math neophyte,who may cringe at the broad scope of classical mathematics.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is little more than a sketch of the history of mathematics. In broad strokes, it outlines the relationships among mathematicians and some of their texts, but says almost nothing of substance about the content of their work. Each chapter has a short bibliography, but since the last edition was in 1987 (1st ed. 1948), they are of limited value.
Rating: 3 / 5
When I was student ( from elementary school to university level ), I was never taught of history of mathematics ( at least in an organized and formalized way,sometimes there were references to singular and surprising anecdote as Gauss child summing up the first 100 natural numbers in few seconds). I think this is a lack ( probably it is not possible to teach everything in the already rich school program ) of the educational system. For this reason , enjoying mathematics ( especially the simplest one ), I was looking for something to explain and describe how the mathematical thinking developped with time. At the same time, I did not have much time, so I thought from the title that this book was the right one for my needs. Although all the history of mathematics from its dawn to about 1950 and written in a short book is something very difficult to realize ( if not impossible ), I very reccomend this beautiful book, where the history of mathematics is well explained in terms of main thinking lines. Furthermore this book is rich of interesting anecdotes and details on personal and accademic relations among the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Rating: 5 / 5