NUMBER The Language of Science

DANTZIG, Tobias

ISBN 10: 0045100012 / ISBN 13: 9780045100019

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1968

About this Item

"A Critical Survey Written for the Cultured Non-Mathematician." First published 1930. Blue boards with silver gilt. Perfectly clean and sound with no markings, foxing or inscription. Price clipped jacket has browned spine. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 14.5cm - 22cm with 340pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NUMBER The Language of Science
• Publisher: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0045100012
• ISBN 13: 9780045100019
• Binding: Hb with Dj
• Edition: Fourth Edition Revised and Augmented.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

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Synopsis

"Number is an open doorway into the world of math. Tobias Dantzig explains the foundations of mathematics with ease, and eloquently explores deeper philosophical questions that arise along the way. He describes the properties of all kinds of numbers - integers, primes, irrationals, transcendentals, and more. He explains the significance of zero, and shows that its invention has revolutionary consequences for arithmetic. He shows how the invention of symbols for use in algebra - a radical departure from tradition at the time - ushered in a new era of math; how arithmetic and geometry reflect each other; and how calculus uses infinity to model the continuity of space and time." With a new afterword, notes section, and bibliography written by math professor and author Joseph Mazur, and a new foreword by mathematician Barry Mazur, the Masterpiece Science edition of Number - which was first published in 1930 - is the first update of Dantzig's classic work in over fifty years. It is a story that ranges from the dawn of man to the genius of history's greatest mathematicians, vividly revealing how the pursuit of knowledge transcends the rise and fall of civilizations.