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Μεγάλες στιγμές των μαθηματικών Ι

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Η επιλογή των μεγάλων στιγμών είναι προσωπική και ενδεχομένως διαφέρει από την επιλογή κάποιου άλλου. Μερικές στιγμές εκτίθενται με μεγάλη ακρίβεια ενώ άλλες αναφέρονται φευγαλέα. Πρέπει να θυμηθούμε πως μια στιγμή στην ιστορία διαρκεί όσο μια έκλαμψη του μυαλού, ενώ άλλες φορές εκτείνεται σε μακρά χρονικά διαστήματα. Πολλά από τα θέματα και τα προβλήματα των διαλέξεων βρίσκονται στο βιβλίο μου "Εισαγωγή στην Ιστορία των μαθηματικών" και στο "Εισαγωγή στα θεμέλια και τις έννοιες των μαθηματικών" που τα έγραψα με τον Κάρολ Νιούσον (Carroll V. Newson). (Από την έκδοση)

"Η ανάγνωση τον βιβλίου προσφέρει μεγάλη ευχαρίστηση. Οι "μεγάλες στιγμές" τοποθετούνται στο ιστορικό τους πλαίσιο και δίνουν έμφαση στην ανθρώπινη όψη κάθε επιτεύγματος". (TOM WALSH, στο MATHEMATICS TODAY)
"Με εμπνευσμένο και δελεαστικό τρόπο μας παρουσιάζει την ιστορική εξέλιξη των μαθηματικών". (C. W. KILMISTER, στο TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT)
"... Επιτυγχάνει να δημιουργήσει τη λαχτάρα της ανακάλυψης ακόμη και σε όσους θεωρούν το θέμα πολύ ανιαρό". (JEREMY GRAY, στο MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS)

277 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

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Profile Image for Aki Härmä.
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December 3, 2022
A few years ago I was lucky to get the original 1980 copy of the book from the library of a research institute but I had it sitting in my bookshelf for many years. It is a book based on series of lectures the author gave at the Oregon State university in the 1970's. In total, there were 40 lectures and this book covers first 20, from antiquity to 1650's.

Each lecture is 5-10 pages followed by, in a style of a mathematics text book, a collection of Exercises on the topic. Some of those are very interesting but unfortunately I made only thought exercises of solving those. Each lecture covers one of a few "great moments." For example, the first one, starting from time way before written language, is the moment when people started counting things by making markings is clay or wood sticks. The last one highlights the contributions of Pierre de Fermat and Rene Descartes to the birth of analytic geometry.

The book is great pleasure to read and full of rich anecdotes and background stories that reflect the development of mathematical ideas and the human societies. The author gives also room for Indian, Chinese, and Arabian mathematics heritage but undoubtedly the main perspective of the author is European.

I will certainly get the second book too, titled "Great Moments in Mathematics (after 1650)" and might consider also other books of Howard Eves, who died in 2004.


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June 18, 2024
a true banger. Every chapter is lucid and interesting. many workable examples and after reading it, the progression from numbers and triangles to algebra and geometry makes a lot more sense. Sometimes its hard to remember that all of these topics are not just calculator tricks, but rather rooted in a deep understanding of how the pieces go together
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