50 mathematical ideas you really need to know /
Fifty mathematical ideas you really need to know
Tony Crilly.
- London : Quercus, 2007.
- 208 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.
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Matemáticas--Problemas, ejercicios, etc. Matemáticas--Enseñanza. Geometría. Mathematics. Science. Teoría bayesiana de decisiones estadísticas.