Lebesgue's theory of integration: Its origins and development

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0299055507 ISBN 13: 9780299055509

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970

In this book, Hawkins elegantly places Lebesgue's early work on integration theory within in proper historical context by relating it to the developments during the nineteenth century that motivated it and gave it significance and also to the contributions made in this field by Lebesgue's contemporaries. Hawkins was awarded the 1997 MAA Chauvenet Prize and the 2001 AMS Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize for notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics.

Review:

A clear exposition ... -- Nature

Hawkins has written an excellent book, of value both to mathematicians and historians of science ... Any teacher of advanced calculus will find the material in this book invaluable in motivating the introduction of Lebesgue's theory. -- Isis

The success of the book will be ensured because it is a genuinely historical study. -- British Journal of the History of Science