Story of Mathematics: From Creating the Pyraminds to Exploring Infinity (The Story of) - Softcover

Rooney, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841939404 ISBN 13: 9781841939407

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited, 2012

Synopsis

Author Anne Rooney weaves strands from every age and culture into a fascinating narrative, which coincidentally tells the story of how mankind moved on from cave dwelling to the life of today. Topics include the development of counting and numbers systems, the emergence of zero, cultures that don’t have numbers, algebra, solid geometry, symmetry and beauty, perspective, riddles and problems, calculus, mathematical logic, friction force and displacement, subatomic particles, and the expansion of the universe. Great mathematical thinkers covered include Napier, Liu Hui, Aryabhata, Galileo, Newton, Russell, Einstein, Riemann, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Babbage, Montmort, Wittgenstein, and many more. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full color.

About this title

About the Author:

Anne Rooney has a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including science and history, and lives in Cambridge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1841939404
• ISBN 13: 9781841939407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208