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Bezig met laden... Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers (editie 1997)door Jan Gullberg
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a combination history of mathematics and encyclopedic reference text. ( ) Excellent tome on general mathematics from counting all the way to differential equations. Contains examples galore. If you aren't satisfied after all of this, it contains an extensive bibliography for further reading. The book also contains an index to help find things in the text. Along with the mathematics, it covers some history of the particular subject being done, with the important people who brought forth the developments necessary and the important works that they were covered in. For instance, in the section on Trigonometry it explains that the word Trigonometry is not actually a native Greek word and that the term was invented by a German mathematician and astronomer named Bartholomaeus Pitiscus back in 1595. It goes on to cover important developments, how they used it and relevant problems. This book is a wonderful addition to a library if you can afford it. Though it is more of a reference guide really, it does contain a good deal of history. This was easily one of my favorite books as a kid (I took Calculus as a sophomore in high school, Multi-Variable Calculus as a junior, and Linear Algebra/Differential Equations as a senior). And now, after many years of no math, it looks like I'm going to be tutoring students in high-school level mathematics. So where am I going? Not to the standard Algebra text, or any massive textbook that they use in schools. I'm going to Gullberg. Glad I kept it.
"[T]here is a veritable cornucopia of excellent mathematics books for the general reader. … Gullberg's book is clearly the overall winner."
An illustrated exploration of mathematics and its history, beginning with a study of numbers and their symbols, and continuing with a broad survey that includes consideration of algebra, geometry, hyperbolic functions, fractals, and many other mathematical functions. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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