Turning points in the history of mathematics. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hardy Grant, Israel Kleiner.
• Authors: Grant, Hardy; Kleiner, Israel
• Contents: Axiomatics -- Euclid's and Hilbert's: From Material to Formal -- Solution by Radicals of the Cubic: From Equations to Groups and from Real to Complex Numbers -- Analytic Geometry: From the Marriage of Two Fields to the Birth of a Third -- Probability: From Games of Chance to an Abstract Theory -- Calculus: From Tangents and Areas to Derivatives and Integrals -- Gaussian Integers: From Arithmetic to Arithmetics -- Non-Euclidean Geometry: From One Geometry to Many -- Hypercomplex Numbers: From Algebra to Algebras -- The Infinite: From Potential to Actual -- Philosophy of Mathematics: From Hilbert to Gödel -- Some Further Turning Points -- Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 109 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 510.9; Mathematics; Mathematics -- History; Mathematics; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Mathematics; Mathematics -- Applied; Mathematics -- Geometry -- General; Mathematics -- Algebra -- General; Teaching of a specific subject; Maths for scientists; Geometry; Algebra; Geometry; Algebra; Mathematics -- History & Philosophy; History of mathematics; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493932641; 1493932640; 1493932632; 9781493932634
• Related ISBNs: 9781493932634
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 19, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.