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Beveridge, Colin (Maths coach).
Mathematics -- History.
Mathematics.
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The mathematics bible : the definitive guide to the last 4,000 years of theories / Colin Beveridge.
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Beveridge, Colin (Maths coach).
Firefly Books, 2016.
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510
B571mb
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Mathematics -- History.
Mathematics.
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9781770857933 (pbk.)
Description:
400 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
The deadly triangle and how math developed -- The Renaissance, the negative and the imaginary -- Ancien régime -- The shoulders of giants -- The infinitesimal -- The French Revolution -- Powers and logarithms -- The curious math of Alice in Wonderland -- The infinite, the undecidable and the computer -- How we write it -- The Scottish Café -- Playing games -- Cracking codes -- A taste of the 20th century -- The taming of the messy -- Modern heroes.
Summary:
"Mathematics isn't just knowing your times table and logarithmic laws. It's full of stores, characters, legends and parables. The Mathematics Bible brings the subject to life in an accessible and engaging way. It unlocks the fascinating history of mathematics and documents the subject's development from the ancient Babylonian calculations to the proof of the modularity theorem. It doesn't just help you understand the core theories of mathematics, but also tells the remarkable stories - such as the suspicious death of ©variste Galois and Newton's conflict with Leibniz. Accessible, informative and fully-illustrated, this is a book that shows perfectly just how varied and fascinating mathematics is a s a subject."--back cover
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