Mathematics in Civilization

by Howard L. Resnikoff, Raymond O. Wells Jr., Raymond O'Neil Wells

Book Overview

How mathematics shaped and was shaped by human events. Trigonometry, navigation, cartography, algebra, calculus and related disciplines from ancient Greece through the twentieth century. Bibliography. 203 figures. 7 tables. 14 photos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030850355
• ISBN13: 9780030850356
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Irvington Publishers
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Entertaining and puts math in context

This book is easy and entertaining to read. It puts mathematics in context and motivates to study mathematics. The book also teaches to respect the work of all those mathematicians that have made it possible for us to reach the current level of civilization.