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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematicians the world over are rising to the challenges set by their predecessors--and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling popular science author Amir Aczel selects the most fascinating individuals and stories in the history of mathematics, presenting a colorful narrative that explores the quirky personalities behind some of the most profound, enduring theorems. Through such mathematical geniuses as Archimedes, Leonardo of Pisa (a.k.a. Fibonacci), Tartaglia ("the stutterer"), Descartes, Gottfried Leibniz, Carl Gauss, Joseph Fourier (Napoleon's mathematician),...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math-and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages-has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
A squared plus b squared equals c squared. It sounds simple, doesn't it? Yet this familiar expression is a gateway into the riotous garden of mathematics, and sends us on a journey of exploration in the company of two inspired guides, who trace the life of the Pythagorean theorem from ancient Babylon to the present, visiting along the way Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, President James Garfield, and the Freemasons--not to mention the elusive Pythagoras...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Two veteran math educators concisely profile leading mathematicians throughout history highlighting their often unusual personalities and lives while giving average readers insights into the importance of their mathematical discoveries."-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Julia Robinson, a pioneer among American women in mathematics, rose to prominence in a field where often she was the only woman. Julia Robinson was the first woman elected to the mathematical section of the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to become president of the American Mathematical Society. Her work, and the exciting story of the path that led to the solution of Hilbert's tenth problem in 1970, produced an unusual friendship...
Publisher
Shelter Harbor Press
Pub. Date
2012, ©2012
Language
English
Description
Counting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong—warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than...
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