Number: The Language Of Science, The Masterpiece Science Edition - Couverture rigide

Dantzig, Tobias

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0131856278 ISBN 13 : 9780131856271

Editeur : Prentice Hall, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Dantzig Tobias Mazur Joseph Mazur Barry

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: Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131856278
• ISBN 13: 9780131856271
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Mazur Joseph