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Problem Solved!: The Great Breakthroughs in Mathematics
From early humans carving notches in bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics and chaos theory - mathematics has certainly come a long way.
Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and diagrams, Problem Solved! explores some of history's greatest mathematical breakthroughs. Covering topics from Ancient Egyptian geometry to chaos theory, readers will learn about Euclid of Alexandria, Brahmagupta, Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Turing and more. Whether solving practical or abstract problems, these mathematicians have each sought to improve our lives, and have bought us to the world we know today.
With each concept explained in easy-to-understand language, there's no need to be a calculus genius to marvel at these incredible feats of problem-solving brilliance.
Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and diagrams, Problem Solved! explores some of history's greatest mathematical breakthroughs. Covering topics from Ancient Egyptian geometry to chaos theory, readers will learn about Euclid of Alexandria, Brahmagupta, Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Turing and more. Whether solving practical or abstract problems, these mathematicians have each sought to improve our lives, and have bought us to the world we know today.
With each concept explained in easy-to-understand language, there's no need to be a calculus genius to marvel at these incredible feats of problem-solving brilliance.
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192 pages, Hardcover
Published November 15, 2018
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February 3, 2020
An excellent book! Much information that I use in my math classes.
For example, number use by humans dates back about 37,000 years; in the form of notches cut into bones. Written numbers originated about 4,000 years ago.
And the word “subitize” which is missing from most math texts. Subitize means you can recognize a quantity at a glance, without counting, which humans can do to 5.
And much more!
For example, number use by humans dates back about 37,000 years; in the form of notches cut into bones. Written numbers originated about 4,000 years ago.
And the word “subitize” which is missing from most math texts. Subitize means you can recognize a quantity at a glance, without counting, which humans can do to 5.
And much more!
February 3, 2019
Nice overview of the state of math today. Maybe I am weird but I would have liked more equations.
April 17, 2020
Very enjoyable survey of basic topics in mathematics.
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