Great Moments in Mathematics After 1650

Description

Review
Eves expains moments of great change in mathematics

This book, a sequel to the one with the same title with "Before" replacing "After", is just as good as the "predecessor." Eves has no peer in exploring the development of mathematics by identifying and describing some of the "inflection points" of mathematical progress. That is a term made famous by businessman Andrew Grove and is used to refer to a time when dramatic change is occurring.
Mathematicians, despite many conceptions to the contrary, work in a field where astonishing results sometimes occur. Eves, through his set of great moments selected from his series of lectures on the topic, ably describes some of those moments of astonishment. He also explains why the result was significant in a manner that almost everyone, including mathematically sophisticated high school students, can understand. Eves also includes problems at the end of each section, and these are excellent. They are well written and serve to solidify and expand the main points of the section. He also includes solution hints for most of the exercises.
A partial list of the topics includes the birth of probability, the invention of the calculus, the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry, the creation of group theory, the organization of set theory, and my favorite, transfinite numbers.
There is no better set of books available for courses in mathematical history than the two in this short series. Mathematics occasionally progresses in great bounds rather than small leaps and Eves gives detailed, understandable explanations of some of those of greatest length.










RS Link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/188483274/Great_Moments_Mathematics_After_1650.rar

Disclaimer:
Contents of this page are indexed from the Internet. All actions are under your responsability. Email us to report illegal contents or external links and we'll remove them immediately.

Please check the description for download links if any or do a search to find alternative books.

Can't Download?
Please search mirrors if you can't find download links for "Great Moments in Mathematics After 1650" in "Description" and someone else may update the links. Check the comments when back to find any updates.

Search Mirrors
Maybe some mirror pages will be helpful, search this book at top of this page or click here to find more info.

1. Ebooks list page : 2232
2. Great Moments in Mathematics Before 1650
3. The Great Depression (American Moments)
4. Great Moments in Space Exploration (Scientific American).
5. The Mathematics of Infinity: A Guide to Great Ideas (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
6. The Mathematics of Infinity: A Guide to Great Ideas (Pure and Applied Mathematics)
7. 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics
8. Mathematics in Context: Great Predictions
9. 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics
10. Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics
11. Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
12. Great Feuds in Mathematics: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever
13. The Mathematician's Brain: A Personal Tour Through the Essentials of Mathematics and Some of the Great Minds Behind Them
14. Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos, and Other Great Theories of 20th-Century Mathematics
15. 2000AD 1650
16. Shapers of the Great Debate on the Great Society: A Biographical Dictionary (Shapers of the Great American Debates)