The History of Mathematics: A Reader

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Book

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ISBN 10

0333427912

ISBN 13

9780333427910

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History, Mathematics

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This selection of nineteen chapters aims to bring together a sample of the wealth of evidence of past mathematical practice, and show the role mathematics has played in culture and belief. These readings intend to show the nature and development of mathematics from earliest times to the twentieth century. It includes not only formal mathematical texts and discussions by historians of mathematics, but also letters between mathematicians, diary entries, and biographical judgements. - from Amzon

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