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Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics (Spectrum Mathematics) (Hardcover)

by George F. Simmons (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 376 pages
  • Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America; 1 edition (1 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0883855615
  • ISBN-13: 978-0883855614
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 842,177 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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The classic book - back in print! The first half of Calculus Gems is a biographical history of mathematics from the earliest times to the late nineteenth century. The author shows how science - and mathematics in particular - is something that people do, and not merely a mass of observed data and abstract theory. He demonstrates the profound connections that join mathematics to the history of philosophy and also to the broader intellectual and social history of Western civilization. The second half contains nuggets that Simmons has collected from number theory, geometry, science, etc., which he has used in his mathematics classes, meaning that it can be used as a supplement in a Calculus course, or a History of Mathematics course. The overall aim of this book is to answer the question, ‘What is mathematics for?’ and with its inevitable answer, ‘To delight the mind and help us understand the world.’

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The classic book - back in print! Demonstrating the profound connections that join mathematics to the history of philosophy and of Western civilization, and containing nuggets collected from number theory, geometry, science, etc. We see the true purpose of mathematics - ‘To delight the mind and help us understand the world.’

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4.0 out of 5 stars A lively collection of biographies, but with gaps, 7 Mar 2008
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This is an entertaining book for those students of mathematics who have an interest in the people who built their subject, and not just in the subject itself. To get full value from the book you will need mathematical skills, but there is also a lot of value in just reading the stories and seeing how these thinkers fit into wider cultural patterns.

It is, however, very much a Western book. There is no mention here of Arab or Indian mathematics. I would have thought Al-Khwarizmi (source of our words algorithm and algebra) and Brahmagupta (who first mastered the concept of zero) merited as much attention as Cavalieri or Pappus.
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