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Significant Figures

by Ian Stewart
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A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians
In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart explores the work of 25 of history's most important mathematicians, showing how they developed on each other's work and built the mathematics we use today.
Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to William Thurston, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, the creator of algebra; Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer; and Emmy Noether, whose research on symmetry paved the way for modern physics.
Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
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Publisher: Basic Books Edition: 1

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  • Release date: September 12, 2017

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  • ISBN: 9780465096138
  • File size: 12617 KB
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  • File size: 12617 KB
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Biography & Autobiography History Mathematics Nonfiction

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A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians
In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart explores the work of 25 of history's most important mathematicians, showing how they developed on each other's work and built the mathematics we use today.
Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to William Thurston, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, the creator of algebra; Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer; and Emmy Noether, whose research on symmetry paved the way for modern physics.
Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Mathematics Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Basic Books
    Edition:
    1

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 12, 2017

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9780465096138
    File size: 12617 KB
    Release date: September 12, 2017

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9780465096138
    File size: 12617 KB
    Release date: September 12, 2017

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