This Very Short Introduction
explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical
practice, ranging from the distant past to the present. Historian
Jacqueline Stedall shows that mathematical ideas are far from being
fixed, but are adapted and changed by their passage across periods and
cultures. The book illuminates some of the varied contexts in which
people have learned, used, and handed on mathematics, drawing on
fascinating case studies from a range of times and places, including
early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century
Britain. By drawing out some common threads, Stedall provides an
introduction not only to the mathematics of the past but to the history
of mathematics as a modern academic discipline.
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