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010 $a 2012930324
020 $a9780199599684
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn749871230
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050 00 $aQA21$b.S828 2012
082 04 $a510.9$223
100 1 $aStedall, Jacqueline A.
245 14 $aThe history of mathematics :$ba very short introduction /$cJacqueline Stedall.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2012.
300 $axvii, 123 p. ;$c18 cm.
490 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v305
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (113-116) and index.
505 0 $a1. Mathematics: myth and history; 2. What is mathematics and who is a mathematician?; 3. How are mathematical ideas disseminated?; 4. Learning mathematics; 5. Mathematical livelihoods; 6. Getting inside mathematics; 7. The evolving historiography of mathematics.
520 $aIn this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 $aMathematics$xHistory.
830 0 $aVery short introductions.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1211/2012930324-t.html