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Development of mathematics throughout the centuries : a brief history in a cultural context /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Brian R.
Format: Printed Book
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2014
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient civilization mathematics: Africa as our birthplace
  • Ancient Egyptian mathematics: the time of the pharaohs
  • Babylonian mathematics: the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization
  • Greek mathematics: the Archaic period
  • Greek mathematics: the Classical period
  • Greek mathematics: the Hellenistic and Roman/Byzantine periods
  • Chinese mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages
  • Indian mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages
  • Islamic mathematics: preservation, innovation, and connection between east and west
  • Pre-Columbian American mathematics: the Olmec, Maya, and Inca civilizations
  • European mathematics: the middle ages and the Renaissance
  • European mathematics: the 17th century
  • European mathematics: the 18th century
  • European mathematics: the 19th century
  • European, American, and global mathematics: the 20th and 21st centuries
  • European, American, and global mathematics: a shift in the 20th century
  • American mathematics education: the 20th and 21st centuries.