{"product_id":"vintage-1969-soviet-book-a-concise-history-of-mathematics-dirk-struik-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Vintage 1969 Soviet Book: A Concise History of Mathematics – Dirk Struik | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassic 1969 Soviet Science Monograph: \"A Concise History of Mathematics\" by Dirk Struik\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor mathematicians, historians of science, and collectors of Soviet academic literature, this \u003cb\u003e1969 original Soviet hardcover edition\u003c\/b\u003e is a classic text. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003eNauka\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eГлавная редакция физико-математической литературы издательства «Наука»\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Concise History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eКраткий очерк истории математики\u003c\/i\u003e) was written by Dutch-American mathematician \u003cb\u003eDirk Jan Struik\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBound in a slate-grey woven cloth hardcover with red and black title lettering, this 328-page expanded second Russian edition features extensive historical commentaries by \u003cb\u003eI. Pogrebyssky\u003c\/b\u003e, along with archival portraits and mathematical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassical Antiquity, The Invention of Calculus \u0026amp; Non-Euclidean Geometry\u003c\/b\u003e Struik’s monograph approaches the history of mathematics through its cultural, social, and technological contexts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOrigins \u0026amp; Ancient Worlds:\u003c\/b\u003e Arithmetic systems of early human societies, Babylonian algebra, Egyptian geometry, classical Greek axiomatics (Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes), and Hindu-Arabic mathematical traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Scientific Revolution (\u003ci\u003eСемнадцатое столетие\u003c\/i\u003e):\u003c\/b\u003e The development of analytic geometry and infinitesimal calculus by René Descartes, Pierre de Fermat, Isaac Newton, and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNon-Euclidean Geometry \u0026amp; 19th-Century Innovations:\u003c\/b\u003e Detailed chapters and portrait plates dedicated to \u003cb\u003eNikolai Lobachevsky\u003c\/b\u003e and János Bolyai's revolution in hyperbolic geometry, alongside Carl Friedrich Gauss, Bernhard Riemann, and Augustin-Louis Cauchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModern Foundations \u0026amp; Projective Geometry:\u003c\/b\u003e Analysis of projective geometry (Jean-Victor Poncelet, Joseph Gergonne), Georg Cantor's transfinite set theory, Leopold Kronecker's constructivism, and the emergence of mathematical logic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Краткий очерк истории математики (\u003ci\u003eA Concise History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal Title:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbriss der Geschichte der Mathematik\u003c\/i\u003e \/ \u003ci\u003eA Concise History of Mathematics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dirk Jan Struik (\u003ci\u003eДирк Ян Стройк\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator \u0026amp; Editor:\u003c\/b\u003e I. Pogrebyssky (\u003ci\u003eИ. Погребысский\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Nauka\" Publishing House (\u003ci\u003eМосква \/ Ленинград\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1969 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's stamped cloth hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrint Run:\u003c\/b\u003e 32,000 copies (\u003ci\u003eТираж 32 000 экз.\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 328 pages, illustrated with plates and diagrams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e History of Science \/ Mathematics \/ Soviet Academic Monographs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExterior Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e Original slate-grey cloth boards are clean, flat, and rigid with vibrant red and black cover lettering and minimal edge rubbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Interior pages, portrait plates, and bibliography sections are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning typical of late-1960s Soviet academic paper stocks. Features sparse, light pencil notations in margins. Free from ink stamps or owner signatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore Soviet Math\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/rare-1970-bateman-erdelyi-tables-of-integral-transforms-vol-2-ussr-book?variant=48888729108712\u0026amp;_pos=4\u0026amp;_sid=590360fa4\u0026amp;_ss=r\" title=\"Soviet Mathematic book\"\u003e Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tsar to Soviets books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48976260169960,"sku":"USSR0319","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0790\/8743\/6008\/files\/photo_1_2026-09-01_12-13-08.jpg?v=1788252170","url":"https:\/\/tsartosovietsbooks.com\/products\/vintage-1969-soviet-book-a-concise-history-of-mathematics-dirk-struik-tsar-to-soviet-books","provider":"Tsar to Soviets books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}