Evolution of Mathematical Concepts: An Elementary Study
- ISBN-10
- 0486490610
- ISBN-13
- 9780486490618
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 216
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Raymond L. Wilder
Description
Accessible to students and relevant to specialists, this remarkable book by a prominent educator offers a unique perspective on the evolutionary development of mathematics. Rather than conducting a survey of the history or philosophy of mathematics, Raymond L. Wilder envisions mathematics as a broad cultural phenomenon. His treatment examines and illustrates how such concepts as number and length were affected by historic and social events. Starting with a brief consideration of preliminary notions, this study explores the early evolution of numbers, the evolution of geometry, and the conquest of the infinite as embodied by real numbers. A detailed look at the processes of evolution concludes with an examination of the evolutionary aspects of modern mathematics.
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- 1975
- 216 pages
- Paperback
- John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
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