Cracking Mathematics: You, this book and 4,000 years of theories

By:

Colin Beveridge

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Cassell Illustrated 2016Description: 400 p. : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 18 cmISBN:

9781844038626

Subject(s):

Mathematics -- Miscellanea. Mathematics -- History. Mathematics

DDC classification:

510 BEV-C .MA

Summary: "This comprehensive guide covers the history and development of mathematics, from the Ancient Egyptians and Pythagoreans to key figures such as Galileo, Dodgson, Babbage and Lovelace through to contemporary work of the 21st century. It tells of the remarkable stories that have shaped mathematics and also features sections on how maths can be used to solve the mysteries of the universe, what the Prisoner's Dilemma is as well as Fermat's Last Theorem amongst many more. Accessible, well-informed and fully-illustrated, this is a book that shows perfectly just how varied and fascinating mathematics is as a subject."--Publisher's description.

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Book	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center	Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics	510 BEV-C .MA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		DCB3248

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"This comprehensive guide covers the history and development of mathematics, from the Ancient Egyptians and Pythagoreans to key figures such as Galileo, Dodgson, Babbage and Lovelace through to contemporary work of the 21st century. It tells of the remarkable stories that have shaped mathematics and also features sections on how maths can be used to solve the mysteries of the universe, what the Prisoner's Dilemma is as well as Fermat's Last Theorem amongst many more. Accessible, well-informed and fully-illustrated, this is a book that shows perfectly just how varied and fascinating mathematics is as a subject."--Publisher's description.

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