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. The Development of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A Brief History in a Cultural Contex provides a brief overview of the history of mathematics in a very straightforward and understandable manner and also addresses major findings that influenced the development of mathematics as a coherent discipline. This book: Highlights the contributions made by various world cultures including African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, and pre-Columbian American mathematics Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is ideal for a one-semester course of the history of mathematics. Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section for further exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested

Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time andobserve how people around the world have understood these patternsof quantity, structure, and dimension around them. TheDevelopment of Mathematics Throughout the Centuries: A BriefHistory in a Cultural Contex provides a brief overview of thehistory of mathematics in a very straightforward and understandablemanner and also addresses major findings that influenced thedevelopment of mathematics as a coherent discipline. This book:* Highlights the contributions made by various world culturesincluding African, Egyptian, Babylonian, Chinese, Indian, Islamicand pre-Columbian American mathematics* Features an approach that is not too rigorous and is idealfor a one-semester course of the history of mathematics.* Includes a Resources and Recommended Reading section forfurther exploration and has been extensively classroom-tested

Introduction ixPART 1 MATHEMATICS IN AFRICA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 11 ANCIENT CIVILIZATION MATHEMATICS: AFRICA AS OUR BIRTHPLACE 32 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS: THE TIME OF THE PHARAOHS 73 BABYLONIAN MATHEMATICS: THE MESOPOTAMIAN CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION 174 GREEK MATHEMATICS: THE ARCHAIC PERIOD 255 GREEK MATHEMATICS: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 376 GREEK MATHEMATICS: THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN/ BYZANTINE PERIODS 45PART 2 MATHEMATICS IN ASIA AND PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICA 597 CHINESE MATHEMATICS: ANCIENT TIMES TO THE MIDDLE AGES 618 INDIAN MATHEMATICS: ANCIENT TIMES TO THE MIDDLE AGES 759 ISLAMIC MATHEMATICS: PRESERVATION,INNOVATION, AND CONNECTION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST 8710 PRE-COLUMBIAN AMERICAN MATHEMATICS: THE OLMEC, MAYA, AND INCA CIVILIZATIONS 97PART 3 MATHEMATICS IN EUROPE 10511 EUROPEAN MATHEMATICS: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE 10712 EUROPEAN MATHEMATICS: THE 17TH CENTURY 12313 EUROPEAN MATHEMATICS: THE 18TH CENTURY 14314 EUROPEAN MATHEMATICS: THE 19TH CENTURY 157PART 4 MATHEMATICS IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES 17515 EUROPEAN, AMERICAN, AND GLOBAL MATHEMATICS: THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES 17716 EUROPEAN, AMERICAN, AND GLOBAL MATHEMATICS: A SHIFT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 19917 AMERICAN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES 207Resources and Recommended Readings 219Index 221