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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers
Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong--warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, ren...
| Main Author: | Kitagawa, Kate. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
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William Morrow & Company
20240709
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| Summary: |
Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong--warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know. |
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| ISBN: |
9780063206052 0063206056 |