The art of more how mathematics created civilization
"For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math-and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages-has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that...
| Main Author: | Brooks, Michael, 1970- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Why our skill with numbers is the greatest human achievement of all
- Numbers : how we founded civilisation
- Geometry : how we conquered and created
- Algebra : how we got organised
- Calculus : how we engineered everything
- Logarithms : how we launched science
- Imaginary numbers : how we fired up the electric age
- Statistics : how we made everything better
- Information theory : how we created the modern era
- Conclusion: Maths is a many-splendoured thing.