History of mathematics

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Probability and statistics

the science of uncertainty
2005
Traces the history and development of probability and statistics from its origins in the Renaissance to its twenty-first-century applications, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Algebra

sets, symbols, and the language of thought
2011
Traces the history and development of algebra over the course of four thousand years, from its foundations in Mesopotamia to its twenty-first-century applications in science and society, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Numbers

computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning
2011
Details the evolution from simple counting schemes to the discovery of uncomputable numbers in the latter half of the 20th-century.

Probability and statistics

the science of uncertainty
2004
Traces the history and development of probability and statistics from its origins in the Renaissance to its twenty-first-century applications, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Numbers

computers, philosophers, and the search for meaning
2004
Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the concept of numbers, their properties and uses.

Mathematics and the laws of nature

developing the language of science
2004
Traces the history of mathematics, focusing on the role of so-called pure math in the applied sciences, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Geometry

the language of space and form
2004
Traces the history and development of geometry from its origins in ancient Egypt to its twenty-first-century applications, specifically in computer graphics, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.

Algebra

sets, symbols, and the language of thought
2004
Traces the history and development of algebra over the course of four thousand years, from its foundations in Mesopotamia to its twenty-first-century applications in science and society, and includes an index, chronology, glossary, and resources for further study.
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