A history of mathematics
This book teaches about the history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincare conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
2011
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | This book teaches about the history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincare conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group theory and computer-aided proofs. Includes information about the age of Plato and Aristotle, Poincare and Hilbert, the Pythagorean theorem, the golden mean. It explores the history of mathematics and the men and women who created it. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 668 pages illustrations 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-646) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470525487 (paperback) |