The story of mathematics / Richard Mankiewicz ; [foreword by Ian Stewart].
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TextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000]Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cmISBN: - 069108808X
- 510/.9 21
- QA21 .M24 2000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: foreword by Ian stewart -- preface -- year zero -- watchers of the skies -- the pythagorean theorem -- the elements -- ten computational canons -- mathematical sutras -- the house of wisdom -- the liberal arts -- the renaissance perspective -- mathematics for the common wealth -- the marriage of algebra and geometry -- the clockwork universe -- mathematics in motion -- oceans and stars -- the quintic -- new geometries -- dialects of algebra -- fields of action -- catching infinity -- of dice and genes -- war games -- mathematics and modern art -- machine codes -- chaos and compleHity -- acknowledgements a select bibliography -- index.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 510/MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400032278 |
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| 509/.24 In the presence of the Creator : | 509/CUR Curious minds : | 510.9/GAR Math and Music./ | 510/MAN The story of mathematics / | 510.1/DEV The math gene : | 510.9/BOY The sum of our discontent : 1 2 3 4 5, how numbers make us irrational / | 510.9/BYERS How mathematicians think : using ambiguity, contradiction, and paradox to create mathematics / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.
Machine generated contents note: foreword by Ian stewart -- preface -- year zero -- watchers of the skies -- the pythagorean theorem -- the elements -- ten computational canons -- mathematical sutras -- the house of wisdom -- the liberal arts -- the renaissance perspective -- mathematics for the common wealth -- the marriage of algebra and geometry -- the clockwork universe -- mathematics in motion -- oceans and stars -- the quintic -- new geometries -- dialects of algebra -- fields of action -- catching infinity -- of dice and genes -- war games -- mathematics and modern art -- machine codes -- chaos and compleHity -- acknowledgements a select bibliography -- index.
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