Number: The Language of Science
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0452288118
ISBN 13
9780452288119
Category
PB: Mathematics
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Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Pages
416
Description
"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."—Albert EinsteinNumber is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
