Author : Michael Kinyon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,54 MB
Release : 2006-06-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387282726
The Kenneth May Lectures have never before been published in book form Important contributions to the history of mathematics by well-known historians of science Should appeal to a wide audience due to its subject area and accessibility
Author : Glen van Brummelen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2005-06-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780387252841
The Kenneth May Lectures have never before been published in book form Important contributions to the history of mathematics by well-known historians of science Should appeal to a wide audience due to its subject area and accessibility
Author : sarah-marie belcastro
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2011-03-24
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1568814356
From the editors of the popular Making Mathematics with Needlework, this book presents projects that highlight the relationship between types of needlework and mathematics. Chapters start with accessible overviews presenting the interplay between mathematical concepts and craft expressions. Following sections explain the mathematics in more detail, and provide suggestions for classroom activities. Each chapter ends with specific crafting instructions. Types of needlework included are knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, temari balls, beading, tatting, and string art. Instructions are written as ordinary patterns, so the formatting and language will be familiar to crafters.
Author : Eleanor Chan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429326431
The development of a coherent, cohesive visual system of mathematics brought about a seminal shift in approaches towards abstract thinking in western Europe. Vernacular translations of Euclid's Elements made these new and developing approaches available to a far broader readership than had previously been possible. Scholarship has explored the way that the language of mathematics leaked into the literary cultures of England and the Low Countries, but until now the role of visual metaphors of making and shaping in the establishment of mathematics as a practical tool has gone unexplored. Mathematics and the Craft of Thought sheds light on the remarkable culture shift surrounding the vernacular language translations of Euclid, and the geometrical imaginary that they sought to create. It shows how the visual language of early modern European geometry was constructed by borrowing and quoting from contemporary visual culture. The verbal and visual language of this form of mathematics, far from being simply immaterial, was designed to tantalize with material connotations. This book argues that, in a very real sense, practical geometry in this period was built out of craft metaphors.
Author : Marc Bloch
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2024-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9789360804695
This book explains that the history based on judgemental aspect is something not to be done, and provides a wider explanation rather than providing in normative terms.
Author : Nino Luraghi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199215119
The origins and development of Greek historiography cannot be properly understood unless early historical writings are situated in the framework of late archaic and early classical Greek culture and society. Contextualization opens up new perspectives on the subject in The Historian's Craft inthe Age of Herodotus. At the same time, such writings offer significant insights into how works of Herodotus reflect the attitude of fifth-century Greeks towards the transmission and manipulation of knowledge about the past. Essays by an international range of experts explore all aspects of thetopic and, at the same time, make a thought-provoking contribution to the ongoing debates concerning literacy and oral culture.
Author : Stieg Larsson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 23,57 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Blomkvist, Mikael (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 0307476154
When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposé, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name.
Author : Barnabas Hughes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 12,85 MB
Release : 2007-12-15
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387729313
Leonardo da Pisa, perhaps better known as Fibonacci (ca. 1170 – ca. 1240), selected the most useful parts of Greco-Arabic geometry for the book known as De Practica Geometrie. This translation offers a reconstruction of De Practica Geometrie as the author judges Fibonacci wrote it, thereby correcting inaccuracies found in numerous modern histories. It is a high quality translation with supplemental text to explain text that has been more freely translated. A bibliography of primary and secondary resources follows the translation, completed by an index of names and special words.
Author : Daina Taimina
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 865 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1351402196
Winner, Euler Book Prize, awarded by the Mathematical Association of America. With over 200 full color photographs, this non-traditional, tactile introduction to non-Euclidean geometries also covers early development of geometry and connections between geometry, art, nature, and sciences. For the crafter or would-be crafter, there are detailed instructions for how to crochet various geometric models and how to use them in explorations. New to the 2nd Edition; Daina Taimina discusses her own adventures with the hyperbolic planes as well as the experiences of some of her readers. Includes recent applications of hyperbolic geometry such as medicine, architecture, fashion & quantum computing.
Author : Dietmar Herrmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3662664941
The volume contains a comprehensive and problem-oriented presentation of ancient Greek mathematics from Thales to Proklos Diadochos. Exemplarily, a cross-section of Greek mathematics is offered, whereby also such works of scientists are appreciated in detail, of which no German translation is available. Numerous illustrations and the inclusion of the cultural, political and literary environment provide a great spectrum of the history of mathematical science and a real treasure trove for those seeking biographical and contemporary background knowledge or suggestions for lessons or lectures. The presentation is up-to-date and realizes tendencies of recent historiography. In the new edition, the central chapters on Plato, Aristotle and Alexandria have been updated. The explanations of Greek calculus, mathematical geography and mathematics of the early Middle Ages have been expanded and show new points of view. A completely new addition is a unique illustrated account of Roman mathematics. Also newly included are several color illustrations that successfully illustrate the book's subject matter. With more than 280 images, this volume represents a richly illustrated history book on ancient mathematics.
