{"product_id":"9780387330617","title":"Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics: Further Chronicles by the Explorers","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUndergraduate Texts in Mathematics: Further Chronicles by the Explorers\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKnoebel, Art; Laubenbacher, Reinhard; Lodder, Jerry; Pengelley, David\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn introducing his essays on the study and understanding of nature and e- lution, biologist Stephen J. Gould writes: [W]e acquire a surprising source of rich and apparently limitless novelty from the primary documents of great thinkers throughout our history. But why should any nuggets, or even ?akes, be left for int- lectual miners in such terrain? Hasn’t the Origin of Species been read untold millions of times? Hasn’t every paragraph been subjected to overt scholarly scrutiny and exegesis? Letmeshareasecretrootedingeneralhumanfoibles. . . . Veryfew people, including authors willing to commit to paper, ever really read primary sources—certainly not in necessary depth and completion, and often not at all. . . . I can attest that all major documents of science remain cho- full of distinctive and illuminating novelty, if only people will study them—in full and in the original editions. Why would anyone not yearn to read these works; not hunger for the opportunity? [99, p. 6f] It is in the spirit of Gould’s insights on an approach to science based on p- mary texts that we o?er the present book of annotated mathematical sources, from which our undergraduate students have been learning for more than a decade. Although teaching and learning with primary historical sources require a commitment of study, the investment yields the rewards of a deeper understanding of the subject, an appreciation of its details, and a glimpse into the direction research has taken. Our students read sequences of primary sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2007-08-14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387330617\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-0-387-33062-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 340\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540653396108,"sku":"9780387330617","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387330617.jpg?v=1775712351","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780387330617","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}