The history of mathematics / edited by Nicholas Faulkner and Erik Gregersen.
Material type: TextSeries: The foundations of math | Gale eBooksPublisher: New York : Britannica Educational Publishing in association with Rosen Educational Services, 2018Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (344 pages) : color illustrations, portraitsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781538300411
- QA21 .H575 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The foundations of mathematics -- Ancient western mathematics -- European mathematics since the middle ages -- South and east asian mathematics -- The philosophy of mathematics.
This book introduces the origins of the mathematical principles they study every day, covering a wide range of disciplines outlined in curriculum standards. It provides biographical profiles for the brilliant minds behind some of the breakthroughs in mathematics as well as the origin stories of the different disciplines in the field today.
Grades 9-12.
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