A History of Polish Mathematics: Cultural Perspective from Origins to Modernity: 49

The book traces mathematics in the Polish lands from the 10th century AD to the present, highlighting the National Education Commission (1773-1794), the partition era in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the interwar Polish School of Mathematics, wartime catastrophe, and the arduous post-war renewal. Richly illustrated and rigorously documented. The book traces the history of mathematics in the Polish lands from pagan times (the tenth century AD) to the present, with particular attention to the era inaugurated by the reforms of the National Education Commission (1773–1794), through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries until recently. Richly illustrated and thoroughly documented, it recounts the many achievements of Polish mathematicians— including the world-renowned interwar Polish School of Mathematics—alongside the great tragedies, notably the losses caused by the Second World War, as well as the arduous post-war revival. A book for anyone interested in Polish culture and its achievements.

Pagina's: 758, Editie: Eerste editie, Hardcover, Lang, Peter GmbH