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This pragmatic, issues-oriented history traces the discovery, solution, and application of mathematical problems.
From the arithmetic of the ancient Egyptians to the intricacies of postcalculus math, The History of Mathematics: A Brief Course focuses on how mathematics has developed over the centuries. Roger Cooke has selected the most intriguing and significant problems in the history of mathematics and asked of each one: Why was it important? How was it solved? How was its solution applied? Did its solution lead to further advances in the field?
The carefully selected topics in this book include
The nature and origins of mathematics Early Western mathematics as practiced by the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians, the Greeks, and the Romans Non-Western traditions, including Hindu, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Islamic mathematics The development of modern mathematics from the Middle Ages to the calculus and other seventeenth-century discoveries to today's number theory The relationship of modern mathematics to science Contemporary issues in mathematics, including the role of women and minorities.This readable, up-to-date study is ideal for undergraduate courses in mathematics and mathematics education. Everyone interested in the field will want to keep a copy of The History of Mathematics close at hand.
Author Notes
Roger Cooke is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Vermont. For many years he has taught a general introduction to the history of mathematics.
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Although a second edition (1st ed., CH, Sep'98, 36-0377), Cooke's History of Mathematics is truly a new work. Content has been rearranged and organized by subject (overview, numbers, geometry, algebra, analysis, mathematical inference) rather than culture or era; the result is a general review of mathematics followed by histories of different broad mathematical areas. Throughout, Cooke (Univ. of Vermont) presents world history, not just Western history. He inventories major figures and their contributions, strives to present generalizations concerning the development of mathematics, and speculates on ways in which one culture was probably influenced by another. Contributions of African American and women mathematicians are noted. The book, possibly a course resource at advanced undergraduate or graduate levels, has questions and problems, without solutions. The text is fairly readable, though the book deserved better editing to simplify expression, place modifiers more accurately, and improve punctuation. As is probably inevitable in a work of such breadth, emphasis is on listing mathematicians' achievements; overall trends and developments are less clear. There is no biographical data or folklore, and this is not a picture book. It minimizes difficult mathematics. An amazing assemblage of worldwide contributions in mathematics and, in addition to use as a course book, a valuable resource. ^BSumming Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. W. R. Lee Iowa State University
Table of Contents
| Early Western Mathematics |
| Origins |
| Ancient Egyptian Mathematics |
| Mesopotamia |
| The Early Greeks |
| The Euclidean Synthesis |
| Archimedes and Apollonius |
| Hellenistic Mathematical Science |
| Mathematics in the Roman Empire |
| Other Mathematical Traditions |
| The Mathematics of the Hindus |
| Chinese Mathematics |
| Korea and Japan |
| Islamic Mathematics |
| Modern Mathematics |
| Medieval Europe |
| The Renaissance |
| The Calculus |
| Seventeenth-Century Mathematics |
| Beyond the Calculus |
| Modern Mathematical Science |
| Contemporary Mathematics |
| Answers to Selected Exercises |
| Index |