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Cassell's Story of Mathematics from Counting to Complexity - Hardcover

Mankiewicz, Richard

 
9780304354733: Cassell's Story of Mathematics from Counting to Complexity
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0304354732 ISBN 13: 9780304354733
Verlag: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

How has mathematics evolved over the centuries and for what reasons? How have human endeavour and changes in the way we live been dependent on mathematics? How has our understanding of the universe been shaped by our knowledge of mathematics? In this book, Richard Mankiewicz tells the story of this essential intellectual activity across cultures and civilizations and shows how, far from being just the obsession of an elite group of philosophers, priests and scientists, mathematics has - in some shape or other - entered every area of human activity. The mysterious tally sticks of prehistoric peoples and the terrestial maps used for trade, exploration and warfare; the perennial fascination with the motions of heavenly bodies and changing perspectives on the art and science of vision: all are testament to a mathematics at the heart of history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Richard Mankiewicz is Director of Mathematical Education Ventures and lectures in mathematics at the University of Middlesex. He served as a member of the council of the British society for the History of Mathematics and has contributed to a number of international publications.

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Verlag
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0304354732
ISBN 13 
9780304354733
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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