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Great Moments in Mathematics Before 1650

MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
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Electronic ISBN: 978-1-61444-214-1
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• Book Details

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions
Volume: 51983; 270 pp

Great Moments in Mathematics: Before 1650 is the product of a series of lectures on the history of mathematics given by Howard Eves. He presents here, in chronological order, 20 “great moments in mathematics before 1650”, which can be appreciated by anyone who enjoys mathematics. These wonderful lectures could be used as the basis of a course on the history of mathematics but can also serve as enrichment to any mathematics course. Included are lectures on the Pythagorean Theorem, Euclid's Elements, Archimedes (on the sphere), Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, and Fibonacci.

• Chapters
• LECTURE ONE. Scratches and grunts
• LECTURE TWO. The greatest Egyptian pyramid
• LECTURE THREE. From the laboratory into the study
• LECTURE FOUR. The first great theorem
• LECTURE FIVE. Precipitation of the first crisis
• LECTURE SIX. Resolution of the first crisis
• LECTURE SEVEN. First steps in organizing mathematics
• LECTURE EIGHT. The mathematicians’ bible
• LECTURE NINE. The thinker and the thug
• LECTURE TEN. A boost from astronomy
• LECTURE ELEVEN. The first great number theorist
• LECTURE TWELVE. The syncopation of algebra
• LECTURE THIRTEEN. Two early computing inventions
• LECTURE FOURTEEN. The poet-mathematician of Khorasan
• LECTURE FIFTEEN. The blockhead
• LECTURE SIXTEEN. An extraordinary and bizarre story
• LECTURE SEVENTEEN. Doubling the life of the astronomer
• LECTURE EIGHTEEN. The stimulation of science
• LECTURE NINETEEN. Slicing it thin
• LECTURE TWENTY. The transform-solve-invert technique
• Reviews

• The book has the worthy aim of interesting students in mathematics by pointing out its long international history and the remarkable range of its achievements. It could succeed in conveying the thrill of discovery to many who would otherwise find the subject boring and could profitably be drawn to the attention of people at school or to undergraduates not otherwise taking mathematics.

Jeremy Gray, Mathematical Reviews
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Volume: 51983; 270 pp

Great Moments in Mathematics: Before 1650 is the product of a series of lectures on the history of mathematics given by Howard Eves. He presents here, in chronological order, 20 “great moments in mathematics before 1650”, which can be appreciated by anyone who enjoys mathematics. These wonderful lectures could be used as the basis of a course on the history of mathematics but can also serve as enrichment to any mathematics course. Included are lectures on the Pythagorean Theorem, Euclid's Elements, Archimedes (on the sphere), Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, and Fibonacci.

• Chapters
• LECTURE ONE. Scratches and grunts
• LECTURE TWO. The greatest Egyptian pyramid
• LECTURE THREE. From the laboratory into the study
• LECTURE FOUR. The first great theorem
• LECTURE FIVE. Precipitation of the first crisis
• LECTURE SIX. Resolution of the first crisis
• LECTURE SEVEN. First steps in organizing mathematics
• LECTURE EIGHT. The mathematicians’ bible
• LECTURE NINE. The thinker and the thug
• LECTURE TEN. A boost from astronomy
• LECTURE ELEVEN. The first great number theorist
• LECTURE TWELVE. The syncopation of algebra
• LECTURE THIRTEEN. Two early computing inventions
• LECTURE FOURTEEN. The poet-mathematician of Khorasan
• LECTURE FIFTEEN. The blockhead
• LECTURE SIXTEEN. An extraordinary and bizarre story
• LECTURE SEVENTEEN. Doubling the life of the astronomer
• LECTURE EIGHTEEN. The stimulation of science
• LECTURE NINETEEN. Slicing it thin
• LECTURE TWENTY. The transform-solve-invert technique
• The book has the worthy aim of interesting students in mathematics by pointing out its long international history and the remarkable range of its achievements. It could succeed in conveying the thrill of discovery to many who would otherwise find the subject boring and could profitably be drawn to the attention of people at school or to undergraduates not otherwise taking mathematics.

Jeremy Gray, Mathematical Reviews
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