LoginTaming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics
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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 capt
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Manufacturer: Quercus Publishing
Release date: 3 September 2009
ISBN-10 : 1847247687 | ISBN-13: 9781847247681
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Release date: 3 September 2009
ISBN-10 : 1847247687 | ISBN-13: 9781847247681
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