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The history of mathematics a very short introduction
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Title
The history of mathematics [electronic resource] : a very short introduction / Jacqueline Stedall.
ISBN
9780191778094 (ebook) :
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 123 p.) : ill.
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Summary
Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places, including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and 19th-century Britain.
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Very short introductions.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2021
Series
Very short introductions ; 305
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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