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Gunnar G
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Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented approach.
A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects of math. For
example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what else has been done
in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started with his corda tabels, what
was the next step forward towards trigonometry as we know it today?
I'm absolutely NOT interested in a book that spends 140 pages on Euclides'
geometry.
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Arturo Magidin
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In article <GBjTd.131150$dP1.470433@newsc.telia.net>,
Gunnar G <debian@comhem.se> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented approach.
A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects of math. For
example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what else has been done
in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started with his corda tabels, what
was the next step forward towards trigonometry as we know it today?
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It does not include trigonometry, but there's John Stillwell's
"Mathematics and its History", 2nd Edition, Undergraduate Texts in
Mathematics, Springer-Verlag 2002.
There's stuff on the pythagorean theorem and pythagorean triples,
greek geometry and number theory, infinity, number theory in Asia,
polynomial equations, analytic geometry, projective geometry,
calculus, infinite series, elliptic functions, european number theory,
mechanics, complex numbers, differential geometry, noneuclidean
geometry, group theory, hypercomplex numbers, algebraic number theory,
topology, and set theory and logic.
--
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"It's not denial. I'm just very selective about
what I accept as reality."
--- Calvin ("Calvin and Hobbes")
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Arturo Magidin
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Gunnar G wrote:
| Quote: | Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented
approach.
A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects of math. For
example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what else has been
done
in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started with his corda
tabels, what
was the next step forward towards trigonometry as we know it today?
I'm absolutely NOT interested in a book that spends 140 pages on
Euclides'
geometry.
If there is such a book or a webpage with this information please
tell me. |
You could have a look at "A History of Mathematics" by Victor J Katz. I
think it's an excellent book.
Chapter titles (1993 edition):
1. Ancient Mathematics
2. The Beginnings of Mathematics in Greece
3. Archimedes and Apollonius
4. Mathematical Methods in Hellenistic Times
5. The Final Chapters of Greek Mathematics
6. Medieval China and India
7. The Mathematics of Islam
8. Mathematics in Medieval Europe
9. Algebra in the Renaissance
10. Mathematical Methods in the Renaissance
11. Geometry, Algebra and Probability in the Seventeenth Century
12. The Beginnings of Calculus
13. Analysis in the Eighteenth Century
14. Probability, Algebra and Geometry in the Eighteenth Century
15. Algebra in the Nineteenth Century
16. Analysis in the Nineteenth Century
17. Geometry in the Nineteenth Century
18. Aspects of the Twentieth Century |
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Ken Pledger
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Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:
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In article <1109267559.393223.21770@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
matt271829-news@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
| Quote: | Gunnar G wrote:
Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history....
You could have a look at "A History of Mathematics" by Victor J Katz. I
think it's an excellent book.
Chapter titles (1993 edition)....
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I heartily agree. It's a much better general history of
mathematics than various earlier books, and you can easily skip any
chapters that don't interest you. The second edition (1998) is similar
to the first which Matt described, but with a lot of small improvements
and corrections.
Ken Pledger. |
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Mark Thorson
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Hello Gunner,
Two that I can recommend which are very readable are:
"Trigonometric Delights" by Eli Maor ISBN 0-691-05754-0
and
"An Imaginary Tale; The Story of the Square Root of -1"
by Paul Nahin, ISBN 0-691-02795-1
| Quote: | From the book jacket of Trig Delights:
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"In this book, Eli Maor rejects the usual arid descriptions of the
sine and cosine functions and their relatives. He brings the
subject to life in a compelling blend of mathematics, history, and
biography. From the 'proto-trigonometry' of the Egyptian pyramid
builders to Renaissance Europe's quest for more accurate artillery;
from the earliest trig tables carved on a clay tablet by an unknown
Babylonian scholar, to Fourier's famous theorem, here is a rich
tapestry of almost 4,000 years of trigonometric history."
Paul Nahin's book treats the history of the Square Root of -1 in
a similar historical fashion.
You won't be disappointed in either one.
phil
Gunnar G wrote:
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Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented
approach. A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects
of math. For example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what
else has been done in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started
with his corda tabels, what was the next step forward towards
trigonometry as we know it today?
I'm absolutely NOT interested in a book that spends 140 pages on
Euclid's geometry.
If there is such a book or a webpage with this information please
tell me. |
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Brendan O'Sullivan
science forum beginner
Joined: 18 Jun 2005
Posts: 48
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I would add dirk j struik's concise history of mathematics to the list,
published by dover
"no spam" <nospam@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:421EAA6C.6E5E5A37@sonic.net...
| Quote: | Hello Gunner,
Two that I can recommend which are very readable are:
"Trigonometric Delights" by Eli Maor ISBN 0-691-05754-0
and
"An Imaginary Tale; The Story of the Square Root of -1"
by Paul Nahin, ISBN 0-691-02795-1
From the book jacket of Trig Delights:
"In this book, Eli Maor rejects the usual arid descriptions of the
sine and cosine functions and their relatives. He brings the
subject to life in a compelling blend of mathematics, history, and
biography. From the 'proto-trigonometry' of the Egyptian pyramid
builders to Renaissance Europe's quest for more accurate artillery;
from the earliest trig tables carved on a clay tablet by an unknown
Babylonian scholar, to Fourier's famous theorem, here is a rich
tapestry of almost 4,000 years of trigonometric history."
Paul Nahin's book treats the history of the Square Root of -1 in
a similar historical fashion.
You won't be disappointed in either one.
phil
Gunnar G wrote:
Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented
approach. A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects
of math. For example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what
else has been done in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started
with his corda tabels, what was the next step forward towards
trigonometry as we know it today?
I'm absolutely NOT interested in a book that spends 140 pages on
Euclid's geometry.
If there is such a book or a webpage with this information please
tell me. |
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Digital Photo
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Joined: 04 Mar 2005
Posts: 1
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Many math educators have enjoyed this
Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great
Mathematicians (Mathematicians Are People, Too)
by Luetta Reimer, Wilbert Reimer
"no spam" <nospam@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:421EAA6C.6E5E5A37@sonic.net...
| Quote: | Hello Gunner,
Two that I can recommend which are very readable are:
"Trigonometric Delights" by Eli Maor ISBN 0-691-05754-0
and
"An Imaginary Tale; The Story of the Square Root of -1"
by Paul Nahin, ISBN 0-691-02795-1
From the book jacket of Trig Delights:
"In this book, Eli Maor rejects the usual arid descriptions of the
sine and cosine functions and their relatives. He brings the
subject to life in a compelling blend of mathematics, history, and
biography. From the 'proto-trigonometry' of the Egyptian pyramid
builders to Renaissance Europe's quest for more accurate artillery;
from the earliest trig tables carved on a clay tablet by an unknown
Babylonian scholar, to Fourier's famous theorem, here is a rich
tapestry of almost 4,000 years of trigonometric history."
Paul Nahin's book treats the history of the Square Root of -1 in
a similar historical fashion.
You won't be disappointed in either one.
phil
Gunnar G wrote:
Hello.
I'm looking for a book about math history. A more fact oriented
approach. A book that talks about the different ideas and subjects
of math. For example, trigonometry, who started it, how, when, what
else has been done in this area, when and what. Ptolemeios started
with his corda tabels, what was the next step forward towards
trigonometry as we know it today?
I'm absolutely NOT interested in a book that spends 140 pages on
Euclid's geometry.
If there is such a book or a webpage with this information please
tell me.
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