Título: Evolution Of Mathematical Concepts | ||
Autor: Wilder Raymond | Precio: $270.00 | |
Editorial: Dover Publications, Inc. | Año: 2013 | |
Tema: Matematicas | Edición: | |
Sinopsis | ISBN: 9780486490618 | |
Accessible to students and relevant to specialists, this remarkable book by a prominent educator offers a unique perspective on the evolutionary development of mathematics. Rather than conducting a survey of the history or philosophy of mathematics, Raymond L. Wilder envisions mathematics as a broad cultural phenomenon. His treatment examines and illustrates how such concepts as number and length were affected by historic and social events.
Starting with a brief consideration of preliminary notions, this study explores the early evolution of numbers, the evolution of geometry, and the conquest of the infinite as embodied by real numbers. A detailed look at the processes of evolution concludes with an examination of the evolutionary aspects of modern mathematics. Reprint of the John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1973 edition. |