Significant figures
the lives and work of great mathematicians
First US edition.
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Word Count
75,750 words, Guess
Page Count
303 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100465096123
- ISBN-139780465096121
- Library of Congress Control Number2017947338
- OCLC Control Number1002854696
- Better World Books9780465096121
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26935276M
Classifications
- DDC510.92/2
- LCCQA28 .S74 2017
- LCCQA28.S69 2017
Description
A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians. In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to Benoit Mandelbrot, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780-850), the creator of algebra, and Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), Countess of Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer. Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
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