How to read historical mathematics, Wardhaugh, Benjamin

Автор: Van Brummelen Glen
Название: Heavenly Mathematics
ISBN: 0691148929 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691148922
Издательство: Wiley
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Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. The discipline was a mainstay of mathematics education for centuries, and it was a standard subject in high schools until the 1950s. Today, however, it is rarely taught. "Heavenly Mathematics" traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used spherical trigonometry to chart the heavens and the Earth. Glen Van Brummelen explores this exquisite branch of mathematics and its role in ancient astronomy, geography, and cartography; Islamic religious rituals; celestial navigation; polyhedra; stereographic projection; and more. He conveys the sheer beauty of spherical trigonometry, providing readers with a new appreciation for its elegant proofs and often surprising conclusions.

"Heavenly Mathematics" is illustrated throughout with stunning historical images and informative drawings and diagrams that have been used to teach the subject in the past. This unique compendium also features easy-to-use appendixes as well as exercises at the end of each chapter that originally appeared in textbooks from the eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries.

Автор: Dov M. Gabbay
Название: Philosophy of Mathematics,
ISBN: 0444515550 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780444515551
Издательство: Elsevier Science
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Описание: Surveys historical and modern positions of mathematics. This book analyzes and evaluates traditional theories (Platonism, Aristotelianism, and Kantianism), and modern theories (logicism, formalism, constructivism, and fictionalism). It discusses research in related fields (set theory, computability theory, probability theory, and paraconsistency).

Автор: Robson, E.
Название: Mathematics in ancient iraq
ISBN: 069109182X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780691091822
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Описание: Traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned.