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 The Story of Mathematics - From Creating the Pyraminds to Exploring Infinity By Anne Rooney Arcturus Publishing Ltd | January 2012 | ISBN-10: 1841939404 | PDF | 208 pages | 48.5 mb Author Anne Rooney weaves strands from every age and culture into a fascinating narrative, which coincidentally tells the story of how mankind moved on from cave dwelling to the life of today. Topics include the development of counting and numbers systems, the emergence of zero, cultures that don't have numbers, algebra, solid geometry, symmetry and beauty, perspective, riddles and problems, calculus, mathematical logic, friction force and displacement, subatomic particles, and the expansion of the universe. Great mathematical thinkers covered include Napier, Liu Hui, Aryabhata, Galileo, Newton, Russell, Einstein, Riemann, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Babbage, Montmort, Wittgenstein, and many more. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full color. About the Author Anne Rooney has a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including science and history, and lives in Cambridge. CONTENTS Introduction: The Magic of Numbers 6 Chapter 1 Starting with numbers 8 Where do numbers come from? • Numbers and bases • 1\tlore numbers, big and small Chapter 2 Numbers put to work 34 Putting twO and t\vo tObrether • Special numbers and sequences · Unspeakable numbers Chapter 3 The shape ofthings 60 The mea~lJre of everything • Early breometry • Trigonometry Chapter 4 In the round 92 Curves, circles and conics • Solid geometry • Seeing the world · Other worlds Chapter 5 The magic formula 120 Algebra in the ancient world · The birth of albrebra • Writing equations • Algehra comes into its own • The world is neVer enough Chapter 6 Grasping the infinite 144 Coming to termS with infinity . The emergence of calculus • Calculus and beyond Chapter 7 Numbers at work and play 166 Cheer up, it may never happen · Samples and statistics · Statistical mathematics Chapter 8 The death of numbers 186 Set theory • Getting fuzzy Chapter 9 Proving it 194 Problems and proofs • Being logical • What Were we talking about? Glossary 204 Index 206 
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