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1089 and All That: A Journey Into Mathematics

By David Acheson

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9780199590025, 0199590028
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2629362 bytes)
Pages
0\0
Time added
2017-04-01 12:25:46

Description

David Acheson's extraordinary little book makes mathematics accessible to everyone. From very simple beginnings he takes us on a thrilling journey to some deep mathematical ideas. On the way, via Kepler and Newton, he explains what calculus really means, gives a brief history of pi, and even takes us to chaos theory and imaginary numbers. Every short chapter is carefully crafted to ensure that no one will get lost on the journey. Packed with puzzles and illustrated by world famous cartoonists, this is one of the most readable and imaginative books on mathematics ever written. **

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