The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics

2008 • 928 pages

This Handbook explores the history of mathematics, addressing what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. Thirty-six self-contained chapters, each written by a specialist, provide a fascinating overview of 5000 years of mathematics and its key cultures for academics in mathematics, historians of science, and general historians.


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Oxford Handbooks in Mathematics

Oxford Handbooks in Mathematics is a 2-book series with 2 released primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Jacqueline A. Stedall, Jinho Baik, and Philippe Di Francesco.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics
The Oxford Handbook of Random Matrix Theory

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