A smoother pebble : mathematical explorations / Donald C. Benson.

By:

Benson, Donald C

Material type: Text

TextNew York : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: x, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0195144368 (acidfree paper)
9780195144369 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

Mathematics -- History -- Popular works

DDC classification:

510 BEn 21 021473

LOC classification:

QA21 .B46 2003

Online resources:

Summary: Offering a selective cultural history of algorithmic approaches to calculation, from Babylonian arithmetic and Egyptian geometric and surveying methods, through Newton's calculus, this text should appeal to students and to amatuer mathematicians.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	510 BEN 021473 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		021473

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.

Offering a selective cultural history of algorithmic approaches to calculation, from Babylonian arithmetic and Egyptian geometric and surveying methods, through Newton's calculus, this text should appeal to students and to amatuer mathematicians.

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