01278nam a2200265Ia 450000500170000000800410001724500920005810000210015026000430017130000560021430000100027002000180028065000290029865000250032765000360035265000300038865000160041805000190043454600150045350504550046852000540092333600090097733700150098633800110100120260803094233.0251212s2016    xx            000 0 und d1 aCracking mathematics : byou, this book and 4,000 years of theories /cColin Beveridge.  aBeveridge, Colin  aLondon :bCassell Illustrated,,c2016.  a400 pages: billustrations (some colour), portraits  c17 cm  a9781844038626  aMathematicsvMiscellanea  aMathematicsxHistory  aMathe´matiquesxMiscellane´es  aMathe´matiquesxHistoire  aMathematics  a510 B57c c2016  ain English  a 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  aThe definitive guide to the world of mathematics.  atext  aunmediated  avolume