From 0 to Infinity in 26 Centuries: The Extraordinary Story of Maths - Softcover

Waring, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782437673 ISBN 13: 9781782437673

Verlag: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2017

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Like it or not, maths is a part of everyday life. Whether we learned only basic arithmetic, or went on to study calculus and beyond, we need it, and use it, constantly. But only very rarely were we taught its back story. From the theories of Pythagoras (did you know he ran a secret brotherhood that studied maths, music and gymnastics?) to Ada Lovelace (one of the few notable pre-twentieth-century female mathematicians who is considered to be the first ever computer programmer), From 0 to Infinity shows how the major discoveries and developments fundamentally changed the way we see the world. Do you want to learn about why the Ancient Greeks knew so much maths? Or why there was so little maths studied in the Dark Ages? Read this fascinating book to uncover the surprising stories behind maths.

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Chris Waring was born in London. After a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London and a short yet disastrous career as a headhunter, he became a maths teacher. Since then he has taught small children and Oxbridge candidates and everybody in between. He has written I Used to Know That: Maths, also for Michael O'Mara Books. He lives in York.

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• Verlag: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782437673
• ISBN 13: 9781782437673
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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