Math through the ages : a gentle history for teachers and others
(2019)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications, 2019
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780486838977 (electronic bk.) MWT12338920, 0486838978 (electronic bk.) 12338920
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Designed for students just beginning their study of the discipline, this concise introductory history of mathematics is supplemented by brief but in-depth sketches of the more important individual topics. Covering such subjects as algebra symbols, negative numbers, the metric system, quadratic equations, and much more, this widely adopted work invites and encourages further study of mathematics
Mode of access: World Wide Web