Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers
Auteur :
Mazur, Joseph
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691173375
Date de publication :
6 déc. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? In Enlightening Symbols, popular math wri