Unknown Quantity
A Real and Imaginary History of Algebra
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2008
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Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-84354-570-5 (ISBN)
Atlantic Books (Verlag)
978-1-84354-570-5 (ISBN)
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A brilliant and sparklingly original account of algebra through the ages, by one of mathematics' great popularizers: 'Unknown Quantity buzzes with rivalries, frustrations and breakthroughs . . . A first-rate account that even algebraphobes will struggle to fault.' New Scientist
'Here is the story of algebra.' With this deceptively simple introduction, Unknown Quantity opens, thirty-eight centuries ago, at the time of Abraham and Isaac. In stylish and accessible prose, Derbyshire shows how the invention of algebra was more than the beginning of a specific discipline of mathematics; it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that altered, forever, the ways in which we see and understand our world.
'Here is the story of algebra.' With this deceptively simple introduction, Unknown Quantity opens, thirty-eight centuries ago, at the time of Abraham and Isaac. In stylish and accessible prose, Derbyshire shows how the invention of algebra was more than the beginning of a specific discipline of mathematics; it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that altered, forever, the ways in which we see and understand our world.
John Derbyshire is the author of Prime Obsession. His work appears frequently in National Review and The New Criterion. He lives in New York.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.8.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Line drawings & diagrams, b/w plate section |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 199 mm |
| Gewicht | 313 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
| Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84354-570-5 / 1843545705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84354-570-5 / 9781843545705 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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