Turning Points in the History of Mathematics

• Main Authors: Grant, Hardy (Author), Kleiner, Israel (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebra.; Geometry.; History.; Social sciences.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematics Education.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

This book explores some of the major turning points in the history of mathematics, ranging from ancient Greece to the present, demonstrating the drama that has often been a part of its evolution. Studying these breakthroughs, transitions, and revolutions, their stumbling-blocks and their triumphs, c...