TY - BOOK AU - Beveridge, Colin TI - Cracking mathematics : : you, this book and 4,000 years of theories SN - 9781844038626 AV - 510 B57c c2016 PY - 2016/// CY - London PB - Cassell Illustrated, KW - Mathematics KW - Miscellanea KW - History KW - Mathe´matiques KW - Miscellane´es KW - Histoire N1 - 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 N2 - The definitive guide to the world of mathematics ER -