The Universe in Zero Words

The story of mathematics

Dana Mackenzie (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

2012
NewSouth Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-74223-298-0 (ISBN)

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In this fascinating and richly illustrated book, Dana Mackenzie brings to life the 4000-year history of mathematics through the lives and work of its greatest practitioners. * Discover the world's simplest equation and what it means * Find out how Newton's Laws of Motion help us do everything from building bridges to predicting the weather * See how mathematics got nasty and personal in 16th-century Italy * Understand how Newton and Leibniz unlocked the key to mastering infinity with the fundamental theorem of calculus * Find out how Fermat's Last Theorem was solved after 350 years.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.3.2012
Verlagsort	Sydney, NSW
Sprache	englisch
Maße	171 x 243 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	1-74223-298-1 / 1742232981
ISBN-13	978-1-74223-298-0 / 9781742232980
Zustand	Neuware