Elements of Mathematics: From Euclid to Gödel
Material type: TextPublication details: Princeton Princeton University Press 2016Description: xiv, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 978069178547
- 510.711 STI-E
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Book | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | 510.711 STI-E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | DCB3443 |
Elementary topics -- Arithmetic -- Computation -- Algebra -- Geometry -- Calculus -- Combinatorics -- Probability -- Logic -- Some advanced mathematics.
"Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject is not as elementary or straightforward as one might think. Not all topics that are part of today's elementary mathematics were always considered as such, and great mathematical advances and discoveries had to occur in order for certain subjects to become "elementary." Stillwell examines elementary mathematics from a distinctive twenty-first-century viewpoint and describes not only the beauty and scope of the discipline, but also its limits."
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