Number Theory: A Historical Approach

by John Watkins

An introductory textbook with a unique historical approach to teaching number theory The natural numbers have been studied for thousands of years, yet most undergraduate textbooks present number theory as a long list of theorems with little mention of how these results were discovered or why they are important. This book emphasizes the historical development of number theory, describing methods, theorems, and proofs in the contexts in which they originated,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159408
• ISBN13: 9780691159409
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.1"