Taming the Infinite
The Story of Mathematics
$41.85
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2009
Summary
From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems, Ian Stewart brings us his definitive history of mathematics. In his famous straightforward style, Professor Stewart explains each major development - from the first number systems to chaos theory - and considers how each affected society and changed everyday life forever.
Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the outstanding mathematicians of history, from the key Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians, via Newton and D…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847247681 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847247687 |
| Author: | Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2009 |
| Weight: | 303g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
“Cear and readable, [Taming the Infinite] is an essential title for math, science, and technology buffs and will be intriguing for all.” Library Journal
‘An engaging history of maths, guaranteed to illuminate even the most number-shy’ Waterstone’s Books Quarterly. * Waterstone’s Books Quarterly *
Ian Stewart
Professor Ian Stewart is a world renowned popularizer of mathematics, having won many awards for furthering public understanding of science, including the Royal Society’s Michael Faraday Medal and the Gold Medal of the Institute for Mathematics.
He is the author of over 20 popular science and mathematics titles including Does God Play Dice?, Nature’s Numbers (shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize), Life’s Other Secret and Flatterland, which was in the top 20 Bestseller List in the USA.
Professor Stewart is the mathematics consultant for New Scientist, and has been a consultant for Encyclopaedia Britannica. From 1990 to 2001 he wrote the ‘Mathematical Recreations’ column in Scientific American. He is an active research mathematician with over 160 published papers and is currently Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University where he is Director of the Mathematics Awareness Centre. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2001.
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