from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity Rooney, Anne creator text xx London Arcturus Publishing Ltd 2019 monographic und

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208 pages: illustrations (some col.) 23 cm 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. by Anne Rooney. in English Mathematics History Mathematicians Biography 510.9 R77m 2019 9781784286651 251212 20260803094232.0