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.

By:

Jackson, Tom, 1948-

Contributor(s):

Jackson, Tom, 1972- [ed.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Ponderables (Series)Publication details: New York ; Shelter Harbor Press, 2012.Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780985323042

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.9 23

LOC classification:

QA 21 M426 2012

Contents:

Prehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics.

Summary: 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.

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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.

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