| Description |
480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index. |
| Summary |
Johnny Ball has been a well-loved name in mathematics for many years. "Wonders Beyond Numbers" is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as an enthusiast for mathematics'. It will help spark (or re-spark) the reader's love of maths in its many facets. The scope of the book is breathtaking. Running in something approaching chronological order, it shows that every breakthrough in maths represents a single step forward, resting on the work of others, and it brings to life the importance of numbers, shapes and patterns in the world around us. |
| Contents |
Preface: Mathematics means everything to me... -- Wow Factor Mathematical Index explained -- Introduction: Russian sums in an English pub, circa 1946 -- The most ancient mathematics legend -- The first two great mathematicians -- The great age of Grecian geeks -- Archimedes: the greatest Greet of them all -- The glory that was Alexandria -- Total eclipse of the Greeks -- Maths origins, far and wide -- Mathematics was never a religion -- Discovering the unknown world -- The huge awakening and new age of learning -- How to calculate anything and everything -- A mathematician with gravitas -- The simple mathematics that underpins science -- The many tentacles of mathematics -- Wow Factor Mathematical Index. |
| Subject(S) |
Mathematics -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781472939999 (hardcover) |
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1472939999 (hardcover) |
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