Number : The Language of Science
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0452288118
ISBN-13
9780452288119
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint
Plume
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 30th, 2007
Print length
416 Pages
Weight
356 grams
Dimensions
20.30 x 13.60 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Popular and recreational mathematicsPopular mathematics
Ksh 3,050.00
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"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."—Albert Einstein
Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Renowned professor of mathematics Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.
Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Renowned professor of mathematics Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.
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