Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times

Download or read book Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times written by Morris Kline and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-03-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history traces the development of mathematical ideas and the careers of the mathematicians responsible for them. Volume 1 looks at the discipline's origins in Babylon and Egypt, the creation of geometry and trigonometry by the Greeks, and the role of mathematics in the medieval and early modern periods. Volume 2 focuses on calculus, the rise of analysis in the 19th century, and the number theories of Dedekind and Dirichlet. The concluding volume covers the revival of projective geometry, the emergence of abstract algebra, the beginnings of topology, and the influence of Godel on recent mathematical study.