Covering a span of almost 4000 years, from the ancient Babylonians
to the eighteenth century, this collection chronicles the enormous
changes in mathematical thinking over this time, as viewed by
distinguished historians of mathematics from the past and the
present. Each of the four sections of the book (Ancient
Mathematics, Medieval and Renaissance Mathematics, The Seventeenth
Century, The Eighteenth Century) is preceded by a Foreword, in
which the articles are put into historical context, and followed by
an Afterword, in which they are reviewed in the light of current
historical scholarship. In more than one case, two articles on the
same topic are included, to show how knowledge and views about the
topic changed over the years. This book will be enjoyed by anyone
interested in mathematics and its history - and in particular by
mathematics teachers at secondary, college, and university levels.
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