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Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780691149059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axiomatically defined constructs like groups, rings, and fields. Taming the Unknown considers how these two seemingly different types of algebra evolved and how they relate. Victor Katz and Karen Parshall explore the history of algebra, from its roots in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, China, and India, through its development in the medieval Islamic world and medieval and early modern Europe, to its modern form in... What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axio... |
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270,38 zł |
The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook
ISBN: 9780691114859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 704 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and to put them into full historical and mathematical context. The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam gives English readers a firsthand understanding and appreciation of these cultures' important contributions to world mathematics. The five section... In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial ... |
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638,09 zł |
Taming the Unknown: A History of Algebra from Antiquity to the Early Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780691204079 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. |
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189,26 zł |
Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Medieval Europe and North Africa
ISBN: 9780691156859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the fertile intellectual exchange of these cultures can be seen in the mathematical developments of the time. This sourcebook presents original Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic sources of medieval mathematics, and shows their cross-cultural influences. Most of the Hebrew and Arabic sources appear here in translation for the first time. Readers will discover key mathematical revelations, foundational texts, and sophisticated writings by Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic-speaking mathematicians, including... Medieval Europe was a meeting place for the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic civilizations, and the fertile intellectual exchange of these cultures c... |
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497,49 zł |