Stedall, Jacqueline A. <br/><br/>
The history of mathematics :  a very short introduction / 
Jacqueline Stedall. 
 - xvii, 123 p. ;  18 cm. 
 - Very short introductions ;  305 .
 - Very short introductions. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (113-116) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Mathematics: myth and history; 2. What is mathematics and who is a mathematician?; 3. How are mathematical ideas disseminated?; 4. Learning mathematics; 5. Mathematical livelihoods; 6. Getting inside mathematics; 7. The evolving historiography of mathematics. 
<br/><br/> In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain-- 
<br/><br/> College of Arts and Sciences 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199599684 0199599688 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012930324 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA21  / .S828 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510.9/St31