01443nam a2200229Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500880005810000170014626000460016330000430020930000100025249000240026202000180028665000250030465000300032905000210035954600150038052007830039533600090117833700150118733800110120220260803094232.0251212s2019    xx            000 0 und d1 aMathematics : bfrom creating the pyramids to exploring infinity /cby Anne Rooney.  aRooney, Anne  aLondon :bArcturus Publishing Ltd,c2019.  a208 pages: billustrations (some col.)  c23 cm  aHow the world works  a9781784286651  aMathematicsxHistory  aMathematiciansvBiography  a510.9  R77m 2019  ain English  aAuthor 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.  atext  aunmediated  avolume