The Development of Mathematics
暫譯: 數學的發展
Bell, E. T.
- 出版商: Dover Publications
- 出版日期: 2017-10-18
- 售價: $1,130
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,073
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 656
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 0486272397
- ISBN-13: 9780486272399
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相關分類:
數學
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相關翻譯:
數學的歷程(精) (簡中版)
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商品描述
"This important book ... presents a broad account of the part played by mathematics in the evolution of civilization, describing clearly the main principles, methods, and theories of mathematics that have survived from about 4000 B.C. to 1940." -- Booklist.
In this time-honored study, one of the twentieth century's foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning of mathematics masterfully outlines the development of leading ideas and clearly explains the mathematics involved in each.
Author E. T. Bell first examines the evolution of mathematical ideas in the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Babylonia; later developments in India, Arabia, and Spain; and other achievements worldwide through the sixteenth century. He then traces the beginnings of modern mathematics in the seventeenth century and the emergence of the importance of extensions of number, mathematical structure, the generalization of arithmetic, and structural analysis. Compelling accounts of major breakthroughs in the 19th and 20th centuries follow, emphasizing rational arithmetic after Fermat, contributions from geometry, and topics as diverse as generalized variables, abstractions, differential equations, invariance, uncertainties, and probabilities.
In this time-honored study, one of the twentieth century's foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning of mathematics masterfully outlines the development of leading ideas and clearly explains the mathematics involved in each.
Author E. T. Bell first examines the evolution of mathematical ideas in the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Babylonia; later developments in India, Arabia, and Spain; and other achievements worldwide through the sixteenth century. He then traces the beginnings of modern mathematics in the seventeenth century and the emergence of the importance of extensions of number, mathematical structure, the generalization of arithmetic, and structural analysis. Compelling accounts of major breakthroughs in the 19th and 20th centuries follow, emphasizing rational arithmetic after Fermat, contributions from geometry, and topics as diverse as generalized variables, abstractions, differential equations, invariance, uncertainties, and probabilities.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
「這本重要著作……廣泛探討數學在人類文明演進過程中所扮演的角色，清楚描述了自西元前約 4000 年至 1940 年間流傳下來的數學主要原理、方法與理論。」——《Booklist》
在這部歷久彌新的研究著作中，E. T. Bell 是二十世紀最傑出的數學史學者與詮釋者之一；他以精湛的筆法概述重要思想的發展，並清楚說明其中涉及的數學內容。
作者 E. T. Bell 首先探討古埃及與巴比倫文明中數學思想的演進，接著介紹印度、阿拉伯與西班牙的後續發展，以及世界各地直到十六世紀的其他數學成就。之後，他追溯十七世紀現代數學的起源，以及數的延伸、數學結構、算術的普遍化與結構分析日益受到重視的過程。接下來，本書引人入勝地介紹十九與二十世紀的重大突破，著重探討 Fermat 之後的有理數算術、幾何學所帶來的貢獻，以及廣義變數、抽象化、微分方程、不變性、不確定性與機率等多元主題。
作者簡介
Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was born in Scotland, studied mathematics at universities in the United States, and taught at the University of Washington and the California Institute of Technology. He wrote several books on the history of mathematics, including another Dover title, The Magic of Numbers. He also wrote many science-fiction novels under the pseudonym John Taine.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Eric Temple Bell（1883–1960）出生於蘇格蘭，曾在美國各大學研讀數學，並任教於 University of Washington 和 California Institute of Technology。他撰寫了數本數學史著作，其中包括 Dover 的另一部書籍《The Magic of Numbers》。此外，他還以筆名 John Taine 創作了許多科幻小說。
