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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.
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A concise history of mathematics, Dirk J. Struik
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- 1987
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- Title
- A concise history of mathematics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Dirk J. Struik
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Publisher
- 1987
- ISBN10
- 0486602559
- ISBN13
- 9780486602554
- Category
- World history
- Description
- 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.