Book:Philip E.B. Jourdain/The Nature of Mathematics/Revised Edition
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Philip E.B. Jourdain: The Nature of Mathematics, Revised Edition
Published $\text {1919}$, T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd. / T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd.
Subject Matter
- History of Mathematics
Contents
- Preface to the First Edition (1912)
- Preface to the Revised Edition (1919)
- Introduction
- I. The Growth of Mathematical Science in Ancient Times
- II. The Rise and Progress of Modern Mathematics — Algebra
- III. The Rise and Progress of Modern Mathematics — Analytical Geometry and the Method of Indivisibles
- IV. The Beginnings of the Application of Mathematics to Natural Science – The Science of Dynamics
- V. The Rise of Modern Mathematics — The Infinitesimal Calculus
- VI. Modern Views of Limits and Numbers
- VII. The Nature of Mathematics
- Bibliography