Calculus: A Liberal Art (Second Edition)

✍ Scribed by William McGowen Priestley

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 420
• Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
• Edition: 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Presenting mathematics as forming a natural bridge between the humanities and the sciences, this book makes calculus accessible to those in the liberal arts. Much of the necessary geometry and algebra are exposed through historical development, and a section on the development of calculus offers insights into the place of mathematics in the history of thought.

✦ Subjects

Математика;История математики;