{"product_id":"excursions-in-the-history-of-israel-kleiner-9780817682675","title":"Excursions in the History of Mathematics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eExcursions in the History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Israel Kleiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817682678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817682675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Birkhauser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Israel Kleiner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926493987071,"sku":"9780817682675","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_77919241-bb81-4d65-9127-b5d9fbc2d354.jpg?v=1681083384","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/excursions-in-the-history-of-israel-kleiner-9780817682675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}