Book:Philip E.B. Jourdain/The Nature of Mathematics

Philip E.B. Jourdain: The Nature of Mathematics

Published $\text {1912}$

Subject Matter

• History of Mathematics

Contents

Introduction

I. The Growth of Mathematical Science in Ancient Times

II. The Rise and Progress of Modern Mathematics — Algebra

III. The Rise and Progress of Modern Mathematics — Analytical Geometry and the Method of Indivisibles

IV. The Beginnings of the Application of Mathematics to Natural Science – The Science of Dynamics

V. The Rise of Modern Mathematics — The Infinitesimal Calculus

VI. Modern Views of Limits and Numbers

VII. The Nature of Mathematics

Bibliography

Further Editions

• 1919: Philip E.B. Jourdain: The Nature of Mathematics (Revised ed.)