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牛津通识读本：数学简史（中文版）
(uk) Jacqueline Stoddall
Mathematics is a fundamental human activity that can be practiced and understood in many ways; in fact, mathematical ideas themselves are not fixed, but adapt and change across different eras and cultures. In this book, Jacqueline Stedall starts from the case of the famous mathematician Wiles cracking Fermat's Last Theorem, and lists many in-depth examples on different topics to sort out the history of the subject of mathematics, and explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of human mathematical research from the distant past to the present. The author arranges the content by theme to show the different backgrounds in which people learn, use, and transmit mathematics. He also selects cases from different periods including ancient China, the medieval Islamic world, and 19th-century England for research, condensing the development of mathematics over thousands of years into a small and interesting book.
Mathematics is a fundamental human activity that can be practiced and understood in many ways; in fact, mathematical ideas themselves are not fixed, but adapt and change across different eras and cultures. In this book, Jacqueline Stedall starts from the case of the famous mathematician Wiles cracking Fermat's Last Theorem, and lists many in-depth examples on different topics to sort out the history of the subject of mathematics, and explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of human mathematical research from the distant past to the present. The author arranges the content by theme to show the different backgrounds in which people learn, use, and transmit mathematics. He also selects cases from different periods including ancient China, the medieval Islamic world, and 19th-century England for research, condensing the development of mathematics over thousands of years into a small and interesting book.