Mathematics : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity /
Rooney, Anne
Mathematics : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity / by Anne Rooney. - London : Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2019. - 208 pages: illustrations (some col.) 23 cm - How the world works .
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.
in English
9781784286651
Mathematics--History
Mathematicians--Biography
510.9 R77m 2019
Mathematics : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity / by Anne Rooney. - London : Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2019. - 208 pages: illustrations (some col.) 23 cm - How the world works .
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.
in English
9781784286651
Mathematics--History
Mathematicians--Biography
510.9 R77m 2019