Featuring a new supplement that completely updates the work, this lucid presentation examines how mathematics shaped and was in turn shaped by the course of history. The authors explore the growth, development, and far-reaching applications of trigonometry, navigation, cartography, logarithms, algebra, and calculus through ancient, medieval, post-Renaissance, and modern times.
| ISBN: | 9780486789224 |
| Publication date: | 24th April 2015 |
| Author: | H L Resnikoff, R O Wells |
| Publisher: | Dover Publications an imprint of Dover Publications Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Series: | Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Genres: |
History of mathematics |