Screen LibraryWonders beyond numbers : a brief history of all things mathematical /
Johnny Ball has been a well-loved name in mathematics for many years. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as an enthusiast for mathematics'. I...
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Bloomsbury Sigma,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Bloomsbury Sigma series ;
book twenty-eight |
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| Summary: |
Johnny Ball has been a well-loved name in mathematics for many years. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as an enthusiast for mathematics'. It will help spark (or re-spark) the reader's love of maths in its many facets. The scope of the book is breathtaking. Running in something approaching chronological order, it shows that every breakthrough in maths represents a single step forward, resting on the work of others, and it brings to life the imp |
| Carrier Form: | 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [469]-470) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781472939999 (hardback) : 1472939999 (hardback) 9781472939982 (trade paperback) 1472939980 (trade paperback) |
| Index Number: | QA21 |
| CLC: | O11 |
| Call Number: | O11/B187 |
| Contents: | Preface : Mathematics means everything to me ... -- Wow Factor Mathematical Index explained -- Introduction : Russian sums in an English pub, circa 1946 -- The most ancient mathematics legend -- The first two great mathematicians -- The great age of Grecian geeks -- Archimedes : the greatest Greek of them all -- The glory that was Alexandria -- Total eclipse of the Greeks -- Maths origins, far and wide -- Mathematics was never a religion -- Discovering the unknown world -- The huge awakening and new age of learning -- The new age of mathematical discovery -- How to calculate anything and eve |