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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gannon Distributing Co
Publication date
June 1, 1960
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780883070093
ISBN-10
088307009X
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Publisher Out of Business
Original list price
$16.50
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: PREFACE
Although for nearly a century the greatest mathematical classics of India have been known to western scholars, and several of the more important works of the Arabs for even longer, the mathematics of China and Japan has been closed to all European and American students until very recently. Even now we have not a single translation of a Chinese treatise upon the subject, and it is only within the last dozen years that the contributions of the native Japanese school have become known in the West even by name. At the second International Congress of Mathematicians, held at Paris in 1900, Professor Fujisawa of the Imperial University of Tokio gave a brief address upon Mathematics of the old Japanese School, and this may be taken as the first contribution to the history of mathematics made by a native of that country in a European language. The next effort of this kind showed itself in occasional articles by Baron Kikuchi, as in the Niemv Arckief voor Wiskuude, some of which were b
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
Although for nearly a century the greatest mathematical classics of India have been known to western scholars, and several of the more important works of the Arabs for even longer, the mathematics of China and Japan has been closed to all European and American students until very recently. Even now we have not a single translation of a Chinese treatise upon the subject, and it is only within the last dozen years that the contributions of the native Japanese school have become known in the West even by name. At the second International Congress of Mathematicians, held at Paris in 1900, Professor Fujisawa of the Imperial University of Tokio gave a brief address upon Mathematics of the old Japanese School, and this may be taken as the first contribution to the history of mathematics made by a native of that country in a European language. The next effort of this kind showed itself in occasional articles by Baron Kikuchi, as in the Niemv Arckief voor Wiskuude, some of which were b
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
Editions
Hardcover
from Main Street Pr (September 1, 2003)
9781402711268 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 1.75 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $7.98
About: It's the classic resource on the history of math.
About: It's the classic resource on the history of math.
from Sterling Pub Co Inc (December 1, 2002)
9781402700545 | details & prices | 522 pages | 5.50 × 7.75 × 2.00 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $12.95
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from Gannon Distributing Co (June 1, 1960); titled "Short Account of the History of Mathematics"
9780883070093 | details & prices | List price $16.50
About: PREFACEAlthough for nearly a century the greatest mathematical classics of India have been known to western scholars, and several of the more important works of the Arabs for even longer, the mathematics of China and Japan has been closed to all European and American students until very recently.
About: PREFACEAlthough for nearly a century the greatest mathematical classics of India have been known to western scholars, and several of the more important works of the Arabs for even longer, the mathematics of China and Japan has been closed to all European and American students until very recently.
Paperback
4th edition from Dover Pubns (June 1, 1960); titled "Short Account of the History of Mathematics"
9780486206301 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $18.95
About: A review of mathematics from its beginnings with the early Greeks to the modern age, illustrated by the lives and achievements of the men who influenced its development
About: A review of mathematics from its beginnings with the early Greeks to the modern age, illustrated by the lives and achievements of the men who influenced its development
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