Description |
1 online resource (x, 197 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
History of mathematics ; v. 7 |
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History of mathematics ; v. 7.
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Contents |
Recognition and wonder : Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics -- The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics -- The structure of Descartes's Géométrie -- Christiaan Huygens -- The fundamewntal concepts of the Leibnizian calculus -- The lemniscate of Bernoulli -- Calculus in the eighteenth century : the rôle of applications -- The closure theorem of Poncelet -- Elements of mathematics : they are no longer what they used to be -- "Queen and servant"? : the role of mathematics in the development of the sciences -- Mathematics and its social context : a dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes |
Analysis |
Geschichte |
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Mathematics History |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Mathematics -- History
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Mathematics -- history
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Mathematics
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Wiskunde.
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Matemática (história)
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Mathématiques -- Histoire.
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Mathematics -- History.
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1470438755 |
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9781470438753 |
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