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<br> <p>Now available in a one-volume paperback, this book traces the development of the most important mathematical concepts, giving special attention to the lives and thoughts of such mathematical innovators as Pythagoras, Newton, Poincare, and Godel. Beginning with a Sumerian short story--ultimately linked to modern digital computers--the author clearly introduces concepts of binary operations; point-set topology; the nature of post-relativity geometries; optimization and decision processes;
- Author
- Edna Ernestine Kramer
- Publisher
- Princeton Univ. Press; Princeton University Press
- Published
- 1981
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691023724
- Subjects
- Mathematics, History, Stem
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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