Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences
Author:   Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   annotated edition
ISBN:  

9780415037853


Pages:   1840
Publication Date:   16 December 1993
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Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences


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Author:   Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   annotated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 11.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   3.560kg
ISBN:  

9780415037853


ISBN 10:   0415037859
Pages:   1840
Publication Date:   16 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Select Contents 1. Ancient and non-Western traditions 2. The Western Middle Ages and the Renaissance 3. Calculus and mathematical analysis 4. Functions, series and methods in analysis 5. Logic, set theories, and the foundations of mathematics 6. Algebras and number theory 7. Geometries and topology 8. Mechanics and mechanical engineering 9. Physics and mathematical physics, and electrical engineering 10. Probability and statistics, and the social sciences 11. Higher education and institutions 12. Mathematics and culture

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Recommended for academic and large public libraries. <br>-Reference Book Reviews, Vol. 16, No. 2 <br>... a large and wide-ranging work...The articles are, in the main, clear and useful and their bibliographies...list the most important works in the relevant areas. <br>-Philosophia Mathematica, Volume 4, No. 2 (1996) These two volumes answer to a real need of a contemporary overview on matheme <br>


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Ivor Grattan-Guinness is at Middlesex Polytechnic.

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