TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Brian R.
TI  - Development of mathematics throughout the centuries: a brief history in a cultural context 
SN  - 9781118853849 (cloth)
U1  - 510.9 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New Jersey : 
PB  - John Wiley
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220) and index; 1. Ancient civilization mathematics: Africa as our birthplace --
2. Ancient Egyptian mathematics: the time of the pharaohs --
3. Babylonian mathematics: the Mesopotamian cradle of civilization --
4. Greek mathematics: the Archaic period --
5. Greek mathematics: the Classical period --
6. Greek mathematics: the Hellenistic and Roman/Byzantine periods --
7. Chinese mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages --
8. Indian mathematics: ancient times to the middle ages --
9. Islamic mathematics: preservation, innovation, and connection between east and west --
10. Pre-Columbian American mathematics: the Olmec, Maya, and Inca civilizations --
11. European mathematics: the middle ages and the Renaissance --
12. European mathematics: the 17th century --
13. European mathematics: the 18th century --
14. European mathematics: the 19th century --
15. European, American, and global mathematics: the 20th and 21st centuries --
16. European, American, and global mathematics: a shift in the 20th century --
17. American mathematics education: the 20th and 21st centuries--
Resources and recommended readings--
Index
N2  - Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time and observe how people around the world have understood these patterns of quantity, structure, and dimension around them
ER  -