A History of Vector Analysis

A History of Vector Analysis
AuthorMichael J. Crowe
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeometry
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherUniversity of Notre Dame Press
Publication date
1967
Publication placeUnited states
Media typePrint

A History of Vector Analysis (1967) is a book on the history of vector analysis by Michael J. Crowe, originally published by the University of Notre Dame Press. As a scholarly treatment of a reformation in technical communication, the text is a contribution to the history of science. In 2002, Crowe gave a talk[1] summarizing the book, including an entertaining introduction in which he covered its publication history and related the award of a Jean Scott prize of $4000. Crowe had entered the book in a competition for "a study on the history of complex and hypercomplex numbers" twenty-five years after his book was first published.