TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hodgkin,Luke Howard
TI  - A history of mathematics: from Mesopotamia to modernity 
SN  - 9780199676767
AV  - QA21 .H68 2013
U1  - 510.9 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
KW  - Mathematics, Babylonian
KW  - Mathematics, Greek
KW  - Mathematics, Chinese
KW  - Mathematics, Arab
KW  - Europe, Western
KW  - fast
KW  - Mathematik
KW  - gnd
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index; Babylonian mathematics -- Greeks and 'origins' -- Chinese mathematics -- The calculus -- Geometries and space
N2  - "A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail, placing the description of early Western mathematics in a global context. The book concludes with modern mathematics, covering recent developments such as the advent of the computer, chaos theory, topology, mathematical physics, and the solution of Fermat's Last Theorem."--
ER  -