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A Century of Mathematics: Through the Eyes of the Monthly (Spectrum)
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A common phrase used to describe the experience and qualifications of undergraduates is "mathematical maturity." Well, that phrase can be used to describe the theme of this collection of items from The American Mathematical Monthly. For mathematics has indeed matured in the United States in the last century and this work provides a series of documentar... »
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The Historical Development of the Calculus
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The historical path is often more sensible than modern textbooks, as we see here in numerous cases: the logarithm should be understood as the area under the hyperbola y=1/x, Taylor series should be understood in terms of the Gregory-Newton interpolation formula, etc. But if there is one lesson history should teach calculus textbook authors it is this: ... »
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Development of Mathematics
The great mathematician Saunders Mac Lane (1909--2005, with several books available on Amazon) reviewed this book in 1946. His comments are worth reading... »
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