Overview
This book comprises five parts. The first three contain ten historical essays on important topics: number theory, calculus/analysis, and proof, respectively. Part four deals with several historically oriented courses, and Part five provides biographies of five mathematicians—Dedekind, Euler, Gauss, Hilbert, and Weierstrass—who played major roles in the historical events described in the first four parts of the work. Excursions in the History of Mathematics was written with several goals in mind: to arouse mathematics teachers’ interest in the history of their subject; to encourage mathematics teachers with at least some knowledge of the history of mathematics to offer courses with a strong historical component; and to provide an historical perspective on a number of basic topics taught in mathematics courses.
Full Product Details
Author: Israel Kleiner
Publisher: Birkhauser Boston Inc
Imprint: Birkhauser Boston Inc
Edition: 2012
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.723kg
ISBN: 9780817682675
ISBN 10: 0817682678
Pages: 347
Publication Date: 01 December 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand

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Reviews
From the reviews: The book under review was written with two main goals in mind: (1) to arose mathematics teachers' interest in the history of mathematics, and (2) to encourage mathematics teachers with at least some knowledge of the history of mathematics to offer courses with a strong historical component. ... The book can serve teachers of mathematics as well as mathematicians who want to get to know historical background of their subjects. It can be also useful to those teaching or studying the history of mathematics. (Roman Murawski, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1230, 2012)