An Illustrated Guide to Mathematics: From Creating the Pyramids to Exploring Infinity - Hardcover

Rooney, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1839406585 ISBN 13: 9781839406584

Publisher: Sirius, 2021

Synopsis

In order to understand the universe you must know the language in which it is written. And that language is mathematics - Galileo (1564-1642)

For hundreds of thousands of years, we have sought order in the apparent chaos of the universe. Mathematics has been our most valuable tool in that search, uncovering the patterns and rules that govern our world and beyond. This full-color illustrated guide traces humankind's greatest achievements in mathematics, plotting a journey from innumerate cave-dwellers, through the towering intellects of the last 4,000 years, to where we stand today.

Including a giant timeline wallchart, Foundations is a brilliant hardback reference book which charts the development of this intriguing and expansive discipline.

Includes a giant timeline wallchart which marks the central discoveries in mathematics.

About this title

About the Author

Anne Rooney is an award-winning author who has written several bestselling books on history, philosophy and science. She was longlisted for the prestigious Aventis Science Prize in 2004, was shortlisted for the ALCS Educational Writers' Award in 2015 and won the School Library Association Information Book Award in 2018. She has a degree and a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge and has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge. Her books have been translated into 22 languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sirius
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1839406585
• ISBN 13: 9781839406584
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208