The Story of Mathematics: From Creating the Pyramids to Exploring Infinity - Hardcover

Rooney, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 057203413X ISBN 13: 9780572034139

Publisher: Arcturus Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis

There has long been a magic in numbers. Long ago, the earliest human civilizations discovered the strange and fascinating quality of particular numbers and wove them into their superstitions and religions. Numbers have entranced people ever since.The deeper we delve into numbers, the more surprises and enigmas we discover. This book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour. There is a ready market for this one.

About the Author

Anne Rooney has a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including science and history, and lives in Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcturus Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057203413X
• ISBN 13: 9780572034139
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208