01753nam a2200337Ia 4500 20260803094232.0 251212s2019 xx 000 0 und d Mathematics : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity / by Anne Rooney. Rooney, Anne London : Arcturus Publishing Ltd, 2019. 208 pages: illustrations (some col.) 23 cm How the world works 9781784286651 Mathematics History Mathematicians Biography CIR 510.9 R77m 2019 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 HS1706 ; SH0748 in English High School Library 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. 0 text unmediated volume lcc BK jderpo 2022-03-02 11:38:19 dsolimen 2025-05-05 15:39:52 11745 11638 11638 0 0 ddc 0 0 BED BED BED 2025-12-21 CIR 510.9 R77m c2019 HS1706 2026-06-18 00:00:00 2025-12-21 BK