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Viser: Taming the Infinite - The Story of Mathematics
Taming the Infinite
The Story of Mathematics
Ian Stewart
(2009)
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- Paperback: 272 sider
- Udgiver: Quercus (September 2009)
- ISBN: 9781847247681
Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the outstanding mathematicians of history, from the key Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians, via Newton and Descartes, to Fermat, Babbage and Gödel, and demystifies maths' key concepts without recourse to complicated formulae. Written to provide a captivating historic narrative for the
non-mathematician, Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics is packed with fascinating nuggets and quirky asides, and contains 100 illustrations and diagrams to illuminate and aid understanding of a subject many dread, but which has made our world what it is today.