(Ebook) Who Gave you the Epsilon?: And Other Tales of Mathematical History by Marlow Anderson, Victor Katz, Robin Wilson ISBN 9780883855690, 9781614445043, 0883855690, 1614445044

(Ebook) Who Gave you the Epsilon?: And Other Tales of Mathematical History by Marlow Anderson, Victor Katz, Robin Wilson ISBN 9780883855690, 9781614445043, 0883855690, 1614445044

This book picks up the history of mathematicsfrom where Sherlock Holmes in Babylon left it. The forty articles ofWho Gave You the Epsilon? continue the story of the development ofmathematics into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The articleshave all been published in the Mathematical Association of Americajournals and are in many cases written by distinguished mathematicianssuch as G. H. Hardy and B. van der Waerden. The articles are arrangedthematically to show the development of analysis, geometry, algebraand number theory through this period. Each chapter ispreceded by a Foreword, giving the historical background and settingand the scene, and is followed by an Afterword, reporting on advancesin our historical knowledge and understanding since the articles firstappeared. This book is ideal for anyone wanting to explore the historyof mathematics.