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Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics
by Jagjit Singh

ISBN: 0486205878
Dover Publications Price: $16.95 		click here to see this book


An internationally famous expositor discusses such topics as differential equations, matrices, groups, sets, transformations, mathematical logic and other important areas of modern mathematics. His clear-cut explanations for both lay readers and specialists relate the major mathematical ideas of the past 200 years to the workings of physics, astronomy, genetics, psychology, and evolution. 1959 edition.

Table of Contents for Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics
Acknowledgments
Forward
1 The Nature of Mathematics
2 Number and Numbers
3 The Calculus
4 Vectors
5 Zeno and Infinity
6 The Theory of Sets
7 The Theory of Groups
8 Space and Time
9 Chance and Probability
10 Logic and Mathematics
Appendix I
Appendix II
Name Index
Subject Index