Mathematics, second edition, Volume 1: Its Contents, Methods, and Meaning

by А.Д. Александров, А.Н. Колмогоров, М.А. Лаврентиев, et al.

A comprehensive exposition of mathematics, tracing the history and cultural significance of mathematical ideas from antiquity to the present day. Mathematics, which originated in antiquity in the needs of daily life, has developed into an immense system of widely varied disciplines. Like the other sciences, it reflects the laws of the material world around us and serves as a powerful instrument for our knowledge and mastery of nature. But the high...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262510057
• ISBN13: 9780262510059
• Release Date: March 1969
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher