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Label: G. Bell Manufacturer: G. Bell Number Of Pages: 299 Publication Date: 1954 Publisher: G. Bell Studio: G. Bell Editorial Review: Product Description: Revised 4th edition covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory. Work of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, etc. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Brief History of Mathematics,perhaps too concise.I rather enjoyed reading this Dover classic on mathematics.Yet,there were some problems with the book.It's a vast topic,that's condensed into a rather small book.The author,Dirk J. Struik,did a wonderful job explaining the great giants of global historical mathematics.Now,if you're looking for the math geniuses of the twentith century,however,you'll miss them here.There is an excellent bibliograghy and many important basic formulas presented.The sketch portraits and rare photograghs add an insightful ... Read More Rating: - excellent contextThis is a particularly clear-minded view of the progression of mathematical history. After reading this I became convinced that understanding math requires a knowledge of its history. I don't believe that this is true for science. The great advance of twentieth century mathematics is its achievement of higher levels of abstraction. But without a knowledge of history this abstraction is just puff. This book leaves off at 1945. Rating: - Pocket size Bible of History of MathematicsIf you are looking for a book that clearly describes the evolution of mathematics, you don't need to try more, this book is for you. Struik's book, "A Concise History of Mathematics", is a well documented book with the main contributions, dates, and names of the people involved in the development of mathematics from their ancients origins until the first half of the 20th century. Struik's style of writing is clear and, how the title of the book says, concise, highlighting the ... Read More Rating:  - The best introduction in _MathIf you are searching some book about introduce you in the math World, you can find it in this book. |
