عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QA21 .E947 1983eb
QA21
.
E947
1983eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1614442142
(Number (ISBN
9781614442141
Erroneous ISBN
9780883853054
Erroneous ISBN
9780883853108
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b741368
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Great moments in mathematics (before 1650) /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Howard Eves.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[Washington, District of Columbia] :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
The Mathematical Association of America,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[1983]
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©1983
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
Dolciani mathematical expositions ;
Volume Designation
number 5
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Scratches and grunts -- The greatest Egyptian pyramid -- From the laboratory into the study -- the first great theorem -- Precipitation of the first crisis -- Resolution of the first crisis -- First steps in organizing mathematics -- The mathematician's bible -- The thinker and the thug -- A boost from astronomy -- The first great number theorist -- The syncopation of algebra -- Two early computing inventions -- The poet-mathematician of Khorasan -- The blockhead -- An extraordinary and bizarre story -- Doubling the life of the astronomer -- The stimulation of science -- Slicing it thin -- The transform-solve-invert technique.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
An inclusive look at pre-1650 mathematics, this collection of lectures covers discoveries by Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, Fibonacci, Napier, Galileo, Kepler, Cavalieri and more.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Great moments in mathematics (before 1650).
International Standard Book Number
9780883853108
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematics-- History.
Mathematics.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
510
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9
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA21
Book number
.
E947
1983eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Eves, Howard,1911-2004
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20201204021614.0
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
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