Bibliograph

A quick history of math, from counting cavemen to computers, Clive Gifford and Michael Young

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A quick history of math, from counting cavemen to computers, Clive Gifford and Michael Young

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A quick history of math

Oclc number

1235948998

Responsibility statement

Clive Gifford and Michael Young

Series statement

Quick histories

Sub title

from counting cavemen to computers

Summary

"In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It's 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavor squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure. Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you'll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician." --, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

The Lebombo bone -- Keeping track -- Fingers and toes -- Home number -- Babylonian bases -- Count like an Egyptian -- Huh, thanks a million! -- Fractious about fractions -- Monumental math -- Those geometric Greeks -- Throwing shapes -- Easy as pi -- Living by numbers -- It's hip to be square -- Prove it! -- Who are EU...clid? -- In a relationship -- Paradoxes -- Prime time -- Eratosthenes vs. the earth -- The naked truth -- Roaming with the Romans -- The art of mathematics -- Magic squares -- Maya math -- Oh, Maya days -- Big fat zero -- Numbering up -- Thinking irrationally -- The house of wisdom -- Algebraaaargh! -- Spies and symmetry -- Math heads west -- Fab Fibonacci -- Exponential potential -- Jolly logarithms -- Pascal's patterns -- What are the chances? -- Stat attack! -- Clever Carl and the spread of stats -- The calculus wars -- Oi oi, Euler! -- Just my imagination -- Get set, go! -- Computers in skirts -- Brilliant binary -- Through the logic gate -- Machine math -- Big data -- Future math -- Timeline of math discoveries -- When math goes wrong ... -- Mental math

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