Book ID: CBB001023438

Who Gave You the Epsilon? And Other Tales of Mathematical History (2009)

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Anderson, M. (Editor)
Katz, V. (Editor)
Wilson, R. (Editor)


Mathematical Association of America


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: x + 431 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Over forty short essays on various aspects of mathematics. Divided into four parts: Analysis; Geometry, topology and foundations; Algebra and number theory; and Surveys.


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Authors & Contributors
Boucard, Jenny
Oaks, Jeffrey A.
Dawson, John W., Jr.
Doyle, Bret J. Lalumia
Echelbarger, Charles
Feferman, Solomon
Journals
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
European Legacy
Foundations of Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Association of America
Boston University
Raffaello Cortina Editore
Concepts
Mathematics
Algebra
Number theory; number concept
Geometry
Logic
Mathematics and its relationship to science
People
Cauchy, Augustin Louis
Albert, Adrian
al-Farisi, Kamal al-Din
al-Khayyam, Ghiyath al-Din Abul Fateh Omar Ibn Ibrahim
Aristotle
Babbage, Charles
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
20th century
18th century
20th century, early
Ancient
Places
France
Great Britain
Germany
Greece
Italy
Turin (Italy)
Institutions
University of Chicago
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