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Taming the Infinite
- The Story of Mathematics
Engelsk Paperback
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Taming the Infinite
- The Story of Mathematics
Engelsk Paperback

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From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style, Professor Stewart explains each major development - from the first number systems to chaos theory - and considers how each affected society and changed everyday life forever.

Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the outstanding mathematicians of history, from the key Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians, via Newton and Descartes, to Fermat, Babbage and Gödel, and demystifies maths'' key concepts without recourse to complicated formulae. Written to provide a captivating historic narrative for thenon-mathematician, Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics is packed with fascinating nuggets and quirky asides, and contains 100 illustrations and diagrams to illuminate and aid understanding of a subject many dread, but which has made our world what it is today.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781847247681
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1847247687
Udg. Dato:
3 sep 2009
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato:
3 sep 2009
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