Cracking mathematics : you, this book and 4,000 years of theories /
Beveridge, Colin
Cracking mathematics : you, this book and 4,000 years of theories / Colin Beveridge. - London : Cassell Illustrated,, 2016. - 400 pages: illustrations (some colour), portraits 17 cm
1: The deadly triangle and how maths developed2: The Renaissance, the negative and the imaginary3: Ancient regime4: The shoulders of giants5: The infinitesimal6: The French Revolution7: Powers and logarithms8: The curious maths of Alice in Wonderland9: The infinite, the undecidable and the computer10: How we write it11: The Scottish cafe12: Playing games13: Cracking codes14: A taste of the 20th century15: The Taming of the messy16: Modern Heroes
The definitive guide to the world of mathematics.
in English
9781844038626
Mathematics--Miscellanea
Mathematics--History
Mathe´matiques--Miscellane´es
Mathe´matiques--Histoire
Mathematics
510 B57c c2016
Cracking mathematics : you, this book and 4,000 years of theories / Colin Beveridge. - London : Cassell Illustrated,, 2016. - 400 pages: illustrations (some colour), portraits 17 cm
1: The deadly triangle and how maths developed2: The Renaissance, the negative and the imaginary3: Ancient regime4: The shoulders of giants5: The infinitesimal6: The French Revolution7: Powers and logarithms8: The curious maths of Alice in Wonderland9: The infinite, the undecidable and the computer10: How we write it11: The Scottish cafe12: Playing games13: Cracking codes14: A taste of the 20th century15: The Taming of the messy16: Modern Heroes
The definitive guide to the world of mathematics.
in English
9781844038626
Mathematics--Miscellanea
Mathematics--History
Mathe´matiques--Miscellane´es
Mathe´matiques--Histoire
Mathematics
510 B57c c2016