Mathematics : an illustrated history of numbers /
Jackson, Tom 1948-
Mathematics : an illustrated history of numbers / edited by Tom Jackson ; contributors, Richard Beatty, James Bow, Mike Goldsmith, Dan Green, Tom Jackson, Robert Sneddon, Susan Watt. - New York ; Shelter Harbor Press, 2012. - 144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. - Ponderables . - Ponderables (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references (page 140) and index.
Prehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics.
Counting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history.
9780985323042
0985323043
Mathematics--History.
Matemáticas--Historia
Mathematics.
Matemáticas
QA 21 / M426 2012
510.9
Mathematics : an illustrated history of numbers / edited by Tom Jackson ; contributors, Richard Beatty, James Bow, Mike Goldsmith, Dan Green, Tom Jackson, Robert Sneddon, Susan Watt. - New York ; Shelter Harbor Press, 2012. - 144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. - Ponderables . - Ponderables (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references (page 140) and index.
Prehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics.
Counting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history.
9780985323042
0985323043
Mathematics--History.
Matemáticas--Historia
Mathematics.
Matemáticas
QA 21 / M426 2012
510.9