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The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the history of mathematicsFor more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincaré Conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and computer-aided proofs.Distills thousands of years of mathematics into a single, approachable volumeCovers mathematical discoveries, concepts, and thinkers, from Ancient Egypt to the presentIncludes up-to-date references and an extensive chronological table of mathematical and general historical developments.Whether you're interested in the age of Plato and Aristotle or Poincaré and Hilbert, whether you want to know more about the Pythagorean...
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Carl B. Boyer
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780470525487
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Memoir, Reference, Mathematics
- Rating
- 4.03 / 5 (587 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- A History of Mathematics: Third Edition (2011)
- A History of Mathematics: Second Edition (2011)
- História da Matemática (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (1974)
- A History of Mathematics, Second Edition (1991)
- #x98;A#x9C; history of mathematics (1985)
- Boyer C B Merzbach U C A history of mathematics 2011 (2011)
- A History of Mathematics (1991)
- A Boyer History of Mathematics (Open University Title) (1974)
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