Title: The history of mathematics from antiquity to the present :
Authors: Dauben, Joseph W.,
Date: 1985
Publisher: Garland,
Physical description: xxxix, 467 pages : 16 illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: Z
Contents: General reference works. Dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies ; Periodicals ; Abstracting journals ; Handbooks ; Indexes -- Source materials. Source books ; Collected papers and correspondence ; Archival collections -- General histories of mathematics -- The history of mathematics : chronological periods. Ancient mathematics. Egyptian mathematics ; Babylonian mathematics ; Greek mathematics -- Medieval mathematics. Islamic mathematics ; Indian mathematics ; Hebrew mathematics ; Latin West -- Renaissance mathematics -- Mathematics in the 17th century -- Mathematics in the 18th century -- Mathematics in the 19th century -- Mathematics in the 20th century -- The history of mathematics : sub-disciplines. Algebra ; Analysis ; Computing ; Differential equations ; Electricity and magnetism ; Geometry ; Logic ; Mathematical physics ; Mathematics and navigation ; Numbers and number theory ; Numerical analysis ; Mathematical optics ; Potential theory ; Probability and statistics ; Mathematical quantum theory ; Mathematics and relativity ; Set theory ; Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics ; Topology -- The history of mathematics : selected topics. Mathematics education ; History of institutions ; Sociology of mathematics ; Philosophy of mathematics ; Regional studies. African mathematics ; Chinese mathematics ; Japanese mathematics -- Women in mathematics.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Subject headings (LCSH): Mathematics--History--Bibliography.