Number: The Language of Science - Couverture souple

Dantzig, Tobias

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0029069904 ISBN 13 : 9780029069905

Editeur : The Free Press, 1967

Synopsis

Book by Dantzig Tobias

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."—Albert Einstein

Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Free Press
• Date d'édition: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0029069904
• ISBN 13: 9780029069905
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 340