9780190621766 - A Brief History of Mathematical Thought von Heaton, Luke (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Oxford University Press February 2017 EX-LIBRARY BOOK. Hardcover covered in nylon with sticker on back cover, back board and spine. No markings within the text.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New. Off white paper covered boards with orange spine titles; jacket has light shelf wear; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; interior clean and unmarked; 321 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Advertisements for the wildly popular game of Sudoku often feature the reassuring words, 'no mathematical knowledge required.' In fact, the only skill Sudoku does require is the use of mathematical logic. For many people, anxiety about math is so entrenched, and grade school memories so haunting, that these disclaimers - though misleading - are necessary to avoid intimidating potential buyers. In A Brief History of Mathematical Thought, Luke Heaton provides a compulsively readable history that situates mathematics within the human experience and, in the process, makes it more accessible. Mastering math begins with understanding its history. Heaton's book therefore offers a lively guide into and through the world of numbers and equations-one in which patterns and arguments are traced through logic in the language of concrete experience. Heaton reveals how Greek and Roman mathematicians like Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes helped shaped the early logic of mathematics; how the Fibonacci sequence, the rise of algebra, and the invention of calculus are connected; how clocks, coordinates, and logical padlocks work mathematically; and how, in the twentieth century, Alan Turing's revolutionary work on the concept of computation laid the groundwork for the modern world. A Brief History of Mathematical Thought situates mathematics as part of, and essential to, lived experience. Understanding it does not require the application of various rules or numbing memorization, but rather a historical imagination and a view to its origins. Moving from the origin of numbers, into calculus, and through infinity, Heaton sheds light on the language of math and its significance to human life.