Enlightening Symbols (eBook)

A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

Joseph Mazur (Autor)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
312 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5011-2 (ISBN)

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Joseph Mazur is the author of Euclid in the Rainforest (Plume), which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, Zeno's Paradox (Plume), What's Luck Got to Do with It? (Princeton), and Fluke (Basic).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.3.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Logik / Mengenlehre
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Abacus • Abbreviation • Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwārizmī • Addition • Alexandria • Algebra • algebraic equation • Algebraic Expressions • algebraic symbols • Algorism • Alphabet • al-Qalasādi • Ambiguity • ancient number system • Arabic alphabet • Arabic numbers • Arabic numerals • arabs • arithmetic • Arithmetica • Arithmetica Integra • Ars Magna • Ars Magna (Gerolamo Cardano) • Astronomy • Aztec numerals • Babylonia • babylonians • Brahmagupta • Brahmasphutasiddhanta • Brahmi number system • Calculation • Calculus • Cambridge University Press • Cartesian coordinate system • China • Chinese • Christoff Rudolff • Clavis mathematicae • coefficient • complex number • Computation • computer algebra system • Counting • counting rods • Cube root • Cubic function • cultural heritage • Curves • Daniel Kahneman • David Geary • decimal system • Definition • dependent variables • Diagram (category theory) • Die Coss • Digital Preservation • dignità • Diophantus • Dreams • dust boards • egyptian hieroglyphics • Eleanor Robson • Elements • Ennio de Giorgi • Equality • Equation • Equations • Ernst Mach • Euclid • Euclid's elements • Eurasia • Europe • exponents • Fibonacci • finger counting • Florian Cajori • fluents • Fluxion • fluxions • forgeries • France • François Viète • Geometria • Geometry • George Lakoff • George Rusby Kaye • Gerbertian abacus • Gerolamo Cardano • Gottfried Leibniz • Gotthilf von Schubert • grammar • Greek alphabet • Greek mathematics • Heron of Alexandria • Hindu-Arabic numerals • Homogeneous Equations • Ibn al-Qifti • Illustration • images • imaginary number • India • Indian mathematics • Indian numbers • Indian numerals • Infinitesimal • infinitesimals • Invisible Gorilla experiment • Isaac Newton • Jacques Hadamard • juxtaposition • Kanka • known quantities • L'Algebra • language • Laptop • Leibniz's notation • leonardo fibonacci • Liber abbaci • Logic • Louis Charles Karpinski • Ludwig Wittgenstein • Marek • Mathematical Notation • mathematician • Mathematics • Mathesis Universalis • Mayan system • Meaning • mental pictures • Metaphor • metrica • Michael Stifel • Michel Chasles • Mikhail Katz • modern arithmetic • modern number system • multiplication • natural language • Natural number • Negative number • Negative numbers • nested square roots • Nicolas Chuquet • Nippur • No symbol • Notation • Numbers • Number System • Number Theory • numerals • Numeral system • operations • Oxford University Press • Parchment • Philosopher • Phrase • place-value • Plus and minus signs • Poetry • polynomial • polynomials • Positional notation • positive numbers • powers • Prime Numbers • Proclus • proofs • Pythagorean Theorem • Quadratic equation • quadratic equations • Quantity • quaternion • Rafael Bombelli • rare book room • Rational number • real number • Reckoning • rectangle • René Descartes • result • Right triangle • Robert of Chester • roman numerals • royal road • Sanskrit • scientific notation • sexagesimal system • Shorthand • Sign (mathematics) • Silk Road • Simon Stevin • Siobhan • square root • square roots • St. Andrews cross • Stanislas Dehaene • Steven Pinker • subtraction • Summation • Symbol • symbolic algebra • Symbols • Ta'rikh al-hukama • Theorem • Thought • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • Trade • Variable (mathematics) • verbal language • Vinculum • vowel-–consonant notation • William Jones • William Oughtred • Words • Writing • π
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5011-8 / 1400850118
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5011-2 / 9781400850112