Number : The Language of Science

Tobias Dantzig

ISBN 10: 0452288118 / ISBN 13: 9780452288119

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group Feb 2007, 2007

Beschreibung

Neuware - 'Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands.'-Albert EinsteinNumber is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Renowned professor of mathematics Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math-from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity-is a profoundly human story that progressed by 'trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.' He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780452288119

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Number : The Language of Science
• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group Feb 2007
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0452288118
• ISBN-13: 9780452288119
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 204B x 137 H x 24 T Millimeter Breite: 204 mm, Höhe: 137 mm, Tiefe: 24 mm
• Gewicht: 349 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."—Albert Einstein

Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century.  Renowned professor of mathematics Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math—from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity—is a profoundly human story that progressed by “trying and erring, by groping and stumbling.” He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tobias Dantzig was born in Russia, and was taught by Henri Poincaré in France before moving the United States. He received his Ph.D. in mathematics at the University of Indiana, and was a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland. He died in 1956.

Joseph Mazur is Professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, where he has taught a wide range of classes in all areas of mathematics, its history, and philosophy.