This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." - Nature.
| ISBN: | 9780486602554 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2000 |
| Author: | Dirk J Struik |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 228 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Genres: |
Mathematics |