Source book in mathematics volume 1

This work, in English translation, presents the great discoveries in mathematics from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. You are able to read the writings of Newton, Lribniz, Pascal, Riemann, Bernoulli, and others, exactly as the world saw them for the first time. Succinct selections from 125 different treatises and articles, most of them unavailable elsewhere in English, offer a vivid, first-hand story of the growth of mathematics.

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Author(s)David Eugene Smith
Age11-14, 14-16, 16-19, FE/HE
Published1959
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Shelf referenceA 510.8 SMI
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/xfgnf

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