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發表於2024-11-26
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John Derbyshire
知名科普作傢,數學傢,教育語言學傢,專業係統分析師。除本書外,他還著有廣受好評的Prime Obsession和Seeing Calvin Dream。他的作品經常刊登在美國《國傢評論》和《新標準》等雜誌上。
Prime Obsession taught us not to be afraid to put the math in a math book. "Unknown Quantity" heeds the lesson well. So grab your graphing calculators, slip out the slide rules, and buckle up! John Derbyshire is introducing us to algebra through the ages - and it promises to be just what his die-hard fans have been waiting for. "Here is the story of algebra." With this deceptively simple introduction, we begin our journey. Flanked by formulae, shadowed by roots and radicals, escorted by an expert who navigates unerringly on our behalf, we are guaranteed safe passage through even the most treacherous mathematical terrain.Our first encounter with algebraic arithmetic takes us back 38 centuries to the time of Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, Ur and Haran, Sodom and Gomorrah. Moving deftly from Abel's proof to the higher levels of abstraction developed by Galois, we are eventually introduced to what algebraists have been focusing on during the last century. As we travel through the ages, it becomes apparent that the invention of algebra was more than the start of a specific discipline of mathematics - it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that clarified both basic numeric concepts as well as our perception of the world around us.Algebraists broke new ground when they discarded the simple search for solutions to equations and concentrated instead on abstract groups. This dramatic shift in thinking revolutionized mathematics. Written for those among us who are unencumbered by a fear of formulae, "Unknown Quantity" delivers on its promise to present a history of algebra. Astonishing in its bold presentation of the math and graced with narrative authority, our journey through the world of algebra is at once intellectually satisfying and pleasantly challenging.
作为一本合格的科普书,介绍了代数历史上是如何发展的,解决了一些什么问题,有什么名人出场,总得来说还是不错的一本书,长度适中,300页翻两个晚上也就翻完了。有志于学的朋友自然会去找代数课本来看,介绍理论显然不是科普书的任务 。 1.作者是柯西粉,说柯西其实有好好回...
評分这本书大概是二月底拿到的,结果拖欠到现在才看完。 嗯……感觉不好说。我后悔当时要的这本书啊!因为对数学了解最少,所以附庸风雅地拿了这本书,结果,我深深的后悔没拿物理的。。。 书还是写得很正统的,有历史背景介绍,也有数学基本介绍。看的时候觉得时光变换——现在打...
評分一门科学的历史是那门科学中最宝贵的一部分,因为科学只能给我们知识, 而历史却能给我们智慧。数学的历史是重要的,它是文明史的有价值的组成部分, 人类的进步和科学思想是一致的。 数学发展到现在,已经成为科学世界中拥有100多个主要分支学科的庞大的“共和国”。大体说来...
評分一门科学的历史是那门科学中最宝贵的一部分,因为科学只能给我们知识, 而历史却能给我们智慧。数学的历史是重要的,它是文明史的有价值的组成部分, 人类的进步和科学思想是一致的。 数学发展到现在,已经成为科学世界中拥有100多个主要分支学科的庞大的“共和国”。大体说来...
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