Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
A History of Mathematics

A History of Mathematics

Cajori, Florian

Paperback

Sports GeneralGeneral MathematicsGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9353609356
ISBN13: 9789353609351
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 25 2019
Pages: 526
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Numbers have a human past. Florian Cajori's A History of Mathematics captures that past with brisk authority, turning a vast tradition into a clear mathematics history survey of the questions, methods, and breakthroughs that shaped civilisation. Written by one of the field's great historians, this classic history of mathematics follows mathematical ideas and thinkers from early reckonings and ancient Greek mathematics through medieval and Renaissance mathematics, and into the era when symbolism, proof, and computation became modern sciences. Cajori keeps the narrative grounded in problems people needed to solve: measuring land and sky, trading, building, navigating. Along the way he maps the history of algebra from rhetorical beginnings to symbolic power, the history of geometry from Euclid to analytic methods, and the history of calculus as it emerged to describe motion and change. The result is a scholarly math history book that reads with momentum, yet stands up to close study. Whether you are a curious lay reader or a classic-literature collector, Cajori offers steady orientation: names, dates, and links across cultures, giving modern study a deep backdrop without drowning the story in jargon ever. Valued as a history of science classic, it serves equally well as a mathematics reference guide on the shelf and a college math history textbook for courses, lectures, and independent reading. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

8 different editions

Also available

Also in

General World History

View All