Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780444508713)

This book contains around 80 articles on major writings in mathematics published between 1640 and 1940. All aspects of mathematics are covered: pure and applied, probability and statistics, foundations and philosophy. Sometimes two writings from the same period and the same subject are taken together. The biography of the author(s) is recorded, and the circumstances of the preparation of the writing are given. When the writing is of some lengths an analytical table of its contents is supplied. The contents of the writing is reviewed, and its impact described, at least for the immediate decades. Each article ends with a bibliography of primary and secondary items.

Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
ISBN-10: 0444508716
ISBN-13: 9780444508713
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2005
Pages: 1040
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.44lbs
Size: 9.74h x 6.82w x 1.81d