Mathematics in Society and History: Sociological Inquiries

ISBN-13: 9780792317654 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 201 str.

Sal P. Restivo; S. Restivo

Opis

Written by a sociologist, this work is devoted exclusively to a general sociology of mathematics and provides examples of different ways of thinking about mathematics sociologically. The survey of mathematical traditions covers ancient China, the Arabic-Islamic world, India, and Europe.