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6 produkter

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Nineteenth Century covers the period from 1800 to 1914, an era shaped by expanding European empires and vastly improved systems of transportation and communication. Widening access to schools improved mathematical literacy amongst the public, while the …

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in Antiquity covers the period from 3000 BCE to 500 CE, exploring the great richness and diversity of mathematical thought and activity across the ancient world. Our modern notion of mathematics – and the word itself – was established by Greco-Roman culture. …

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Medieval Age covers the period from 500 to 1450, focusing in particular on the innovations in East and South Asia and in Islamicate cultures. With the invention of algebra and the decimal place-value number system – as well as innovations in trigonometry, …

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in the Early Modern Age

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Early Modern Age covers the period from 1450 to 1687, a time marked by increasing interplay between science and society. Classical writing on science which had been lost and Arabic thinking which was new both percolated into the West, fertilizing new ideas …

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Eighteenth Century covers the period from 1687 to 1800. Advances in the use of calculus opened up both nature and society to mathematical analysis, while mathematical skills became increasingly valuable in ongoing power struggles between nation-states. This …

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   Cultural History of Mathematics in the Modern Age

   Av Tom Archibald, David E. Rowe

   Inbunden, 2026

   1053 kr

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   A Cultural History of Mathematics in the Modern Age covers the period from 1914 to today. Across the Twentieth Century, mathematics influenced two World Wars and the shape of modern warfare, nuclear technology, and the space age, while the certainties of mathematics were taken up by philosophers, …