History of Mathematics: An Introduction FROM THE PUBLISHER
This text is designed for the junior/senior mathematics major who intends to teach mathematics in high school or college. It concentrates on the history of those topics typically covered in an undergraduate curriculum or in elementary schools or high schools. At least one year of calculus is a prerequisite for this course. This book contains enough material for a 2 semester course but it is flexible enough to be used in the more common 1 semester course.
FROM THE CRITICS
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New edition of a text for junior and senior undergraduate students, and accessible to general readers. Provides an introduction to the achievements, prominent people, and development of concepts connected with math over the past 5,000 years. Interspersed throughout the text are problems of varying degrees of difficulty which typify a particular historical period and require the procedures of the time; working the problems teaches math as well as history. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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This account of the history of mathematics for junior and senior undergraduates highlights the lives of major mathematicians and uses math problems as an integral part of the text. Chapters chronicle different periods in the development of mathematics and discuss number and probability theory and non-Euclidean geometry. This third edition contains a new chapter on extensions and generalization, and adds material on several figures who were neglected in previous editions, including female mathematicians. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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