Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444508716 ISBN 13: 9780444508713

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2005

Synopsis

This book contains around 80 articles on major writings in mathematics published between 1640 and 1940. All aspects of mathematics are covered: pure and applied, probability and statistics, foundations and philosophy. Sometimes two writings from the same period and the same subject are taken together. The biography of the author(s) is recorded, and the circumstances of the preparation of the writing are given. When the writing is of some lengths an analytical table of its contents is supplied. The contents of the writing is reviewed, and its impact described, at least for the immediate decades. Each article ends with a bibliography of primary and secondary items.

• First book of its kind
• Covers the period 1640-1940 of massive development in mathematics
• Describes many of the main writings of mathematics
• Articles written by specialists in their field

About this title

Book Description

Presents articles on all aspects of mathematics, pure and applied.

Review

"This remarkable book is itself a landmark publication in history of mathematics...The book is a must item for every mathematical library." --Zentralblatt Math

"This ecumenical feature will ensure that even professional historians of mathematics will find something new in this most welcome addition to the literature on the history of modern mathematics and its applications." --Mathematical Reviews

"This beautifully produced book comes with several very fine pictures and figures, as well as useful indices. The anthology presents the full nuances of the historical process, chances (theories) both realized and acknowledged or rejected, which results in a level of discussion to which all scholarly work on the history of mathematics should aspire." --Richard Siegmund-Schultze (Agder University College)

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444508716
• ISBN 13: 9780444508713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1040
• Editor: Grattan-Guinness Ivor