TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krantz,Steven G.
ED  - Mathematical Association of America.
TI  - An episodic history of mathematics: mathematical culture through problem solving 
T2  - MAA textbooks
SN  - 9781614446057
AV  - QA21 .K72 2010eb
U1  - 510.9 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - [Washington, DC]
PB  - Mathematical Association of America
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - Problems, exercises, etc
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - Mathématiciens
KW  - mathematicians
KW  - aat
KW  - MATHEMATICS
KW  - History & Philosophy
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Wiskunde
KW  - gtt
KW  - Wiskundigen
KW  - Problems and Exercises
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - exercise books
KW  - Problems and exercises
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Problèmes et exercices
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-369) and index; The ancient Greeks and the foundations of mathematics -- Zeno's paradox and the concept of limit -- The mystical mathematics of Hypatia -- The Islamic world and the development of algebra -- Cardano, Abel, Galois, and the solving of equations -- René Descartes and the idea of coordinates -- Pierre de Fermat and the invention of differential calculus -- The great Isaac Newton -- The complex numbers and the fundamental theorem of algebra -- Carl Friedrich Gauss: the prince of mathematics -- Sophie Germain and the attack on Fermat's last problem -- Cauchy and the foundations of analysis -- The prime numbers -- Dirichlet and how to count -- Bernhard Riemann and the geometry of surfaces -- Georg Cantor and the orders of infinity -- The number systems -- Henri Poincaré, child phenomenon -- Sonya Kovalevskaya and the mathematics of mechanics -- Emmy Noether and algebra -- Methods of proof -- Alan Turing and cryptography
N2  - "An Episodic History of Mathematics delivers a series of snapshots of mathematics and mathematicians from ancient times to the twentieth century. Giving readers a sense of mathematical culture and history, the book also acquaints readers with the nature and techniques of mathematics via exercises. It introduces the genesis of key mathematical concepts. For example, while Krantz does not get into the intricate mathematical details of Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, he does describe some of the streams of thought that posed the problem and led to its solution. The focus in this text, moreover, is on doing - getting involved with the mathematics and solving problems. Every chapter ends with a detailed problem set that will provide students with avenues for exploration and entry into the subject. It recounts the history of mathematics; offers broad coverage of the various schools of mathematical thought to give readers a wider understanding of mathematics; and includes exercises to help readers engage with the text and gain a deeper understanding of the material."--Publisher's description
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