A history of mathematics / Uta C. Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer.

Author: Merzbach, Uta C., 1933-2017.

Edition Statement:3rd ed.

Imprint:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2011.

Descriptionxx, 668 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Traces -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Hellenic traditions -- Euclid of Alexandria -- Archimedes of Syracuse -- Apollonius of Perge -- Crosscurrents -- Ancient and medieval China -- Ancient and medieval India -- The Islamic hegemony -- The Latin West -- The European Renaissance -- Early modern problem solvers -- Analysis, synthesis, the infinite, and numbers -- British techniques and Continental methods -- Euler -- Pre- to postrevolutionary France -- Gauss -- Geometry -- Algebra -- Analysis -- Twentieth-century legacies -- Recent trends.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-646) and index.

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