The Origins of Mathematics
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Origins of Mathematics
By (Author) V. Lakshmikantham
By (author) S. Leela
University Press of America
University Press of America
26th July 2000
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
History of ideas
510.934
Physical Properties
Paperback
104
Width 148mm, Height 228mm, Spine 7mm
163g
Description
Casting aside the usual Eurocentric theories about the origins of mathematics, the authors investigate Vedic texts which originated in ancient India. Aryabhatta, Sulvastrus, and Bhaskaracharya are among the Sanskrit-speaking theoreticians, whose astronomical works contributed to the ancient body of mathematics, preceding the Greeks. This book deals with some of the chronological difficulties in tracing the history of mathematics, as well as the reasons for the decay in the ancient Vedic civilization.
Reviews
...it is an eye-opener and it challenges the very method of fixing persons and incidents chronologically... * Mathematical Reviews *
The book provides a fascinating account of the origin of mathematics and establishes convincingly that mathematics originated from India, and not from Greece, around 3000 BC. * Ganita Bharati *
The book provides a fascinating account of the origin of mathematics and establishes convincingly that mathematics originated from India, and not from Greece, around 3000 BC. * Ganita Bharati *
...it is an eye-opener and it challenges the very method of fixing persons and incidents chronologically... * Mathematical Reviews *
Author Bio
V. Lakshmikantham is Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology.
S. Leela is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at SUNY in Geneseo, New York.
