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The Story of Mathematics: From Creating the Pyraminds to Exploring Infinity

By Anne Rooney

Book information

Publisher
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Year
2012
ISBN
1841939404, 9781841939407
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
49 MB (51238795 bytes)
Series
The Story of Series
Pages
208\210
Time added
2013-12-18 17:30:08

Description

Author Anne Rooney weaves strands from every age and culture into a fascinating narrative, which coincidentally tells the story of how mankind moved on from cave dwelling to the life of today. Topics include the development of counting and numbers systems, the emergence of zero, cultures that don't have numbers, algebra, solid geometry, symmetry and beauty, perspective, riddles and problems, calculus, mathematical logic, friction force and displacement, subatomic particles, and the expansion of the universe. Great mathematical thinkers covered include Napier, Liu Hui, Aryabhata, Galileo, Newton, Russell, Einstein, Riemann, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Babbage, Montmort, Wittgenstein, and many more. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full color.

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