TY - BOOK AU - Rooney, Anne TI - Mathematics : : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity T2 - How the world works SN - 9781784286651 AV - 510.9 R77m 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - London PB - Arcturus Publishing Ltd KW - Mathematics KW - History KW - Mathematicians KW - Biography N2 - 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 ER -