Mathematics: People, Problems, Results

by Douglas M. Campbell

Overview

To understand why mathematics exists and why it is perpetuated one must know something of its history and of the lives and results of famous mathematicians. This three-volume collection of entertaining articles will captivate those with a special interest in mathematics as well as arouse those with even the slightest curiosity about the most sophisticated sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781315895215
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2017
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface, part one Historical Sketches, part two Some Mathematical Lives, part three The Development of Mathematics