Numbers: The Universal Language (New Horizons) - Softcover

Denis Guedj; Lory Frankel

 
9780500300800: Numbers: The Universal Language (New Horizons)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500300801 ISBN 13: 9780500300800
Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

Numbers are all around us and we take them for granted. Who first invented them? How old are they, and how were they developed? How did they come to represent abstract, universal concepts? How do they vary in different parts of the world today? Who invented algebra? Geometry? Calculus? Zero? How do these ideas affect our daily lives? This information-packed book uses clear language and over 130 illustrations to describe the basic principles of numbers - arithmetic, whole numbers, natural numbers, the concepts of zero and infinity - as well as the ways in which numbers have been used in art and other disciplines.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Denis Guedj is a professor of the history of science at the University of Paris-VIII, where he has also taught mathematics and film. As well as being a filmmaker and performer, he is author of numerous books on the history of mathematics and science.

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Verlag
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500300801
ISBN 13 
9780500300800
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
176
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