a history of mathematics

... Struik, A Concise History of Mathematics. 6 The reader of this book, whether layman, student, or teacher of a course in the history of mathematics, will find that the level of mathe- matical background ... mathematics to assume that the fundamental purpose of the course is to teach mathematics. A departure from math- ematical standards is then a mortal sin, where...

Ngày tải lên: 30/05/2014, 23:01

... of uses mathematics was being put to in these periods. 4 General History of Mathematics Florian Cajori, History of Mathematics, Macmillan and Company, New York, 1895. —, A History of Elementary ... relevant, if hardly central. Translations, by their very nature, are interpretations. Sometimes in trans- lating mathematics, a double translation is made: from natural lang...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2014, 03:56

... mathematicians as a taciturn breed; the very existence of a com- mentary on a mathematical text may come as a surprise. Arabic-speaking mathematicians distinguished between commentaries (tafsir), ... notion of mathematics from a Chinese point of view: was it an art of logical reasoning or a computational art? Was it arithmetical and logistical or was it concerned with...

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... been called a small peninsula of Asia, and no clear geographical boundary de- marcates it from the rest of the Eurasian land mass. The Ural Mountains never were a barrier; for centuries, hordes of ... Patrick O’Brien—and also two anonymous commentators. As for the parts of the book that venture into medieval history, my daughter-in-law, Professor Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan, has been...

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... an original idea, rather than abandoning a concept to the scrap heap of history or reinventing an old concept with a new name. Nevertheless, there are a number of alternative goods classification ... boundaries of a given trading area: A trading center and a town in . . . its trade area divide the trade of the town approximately in direct proportion to the population of...

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... was very much afraid. He was afraid of Hengist and the Saxons, and he was afraid of the Britons. He was also afraid of Aurelius Ambrosius and Uther Pendragon, the two brothers of King Constans. ... was so downcast with his many defeats that he went himself to the British camp, bearing in his hand a green branch as a sign of peace. When Boadicea was told that an ambassador from t...

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... Waharoa—Station at Puriri—Visit to Waikato—Station at Mangapouri—Tauranga—Rotorua—The Rotorua-Thames war—Looting of Ohinemutu station—Flight from Matamata—Mrs. Chapman's bonnet—Withdrawal ... to Poverty Bay—Ripahau at Cook Strait—Rauparaha—Tamihana learns from Ripahau—Tamihana and Te Whiwhi come to Bay of Islands—Hadfield offers to return with them—H. Williams and Hadfield visi...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 12:21

... the death rather than surrender it could defend it on rational grounds. We are apt to take for granted that freedom of speech is a natural and inalienable birthright of man, and perhaps to ... observed, of the modern practice of advertising), has played a great part in establishing authoritative opinions and propagating religious creeds. Reason fortunately is able to avail hers...

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