The Infinite in the Infinite Hardcover - 1996
by Alistair MacIntosh Wilson
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A conversation between Euclid and the ghost of Socrates...the paths of the sun and moon charted by the stone-circle builders of ancient Europe...the Babylonian method of counting in base sixty that gave us measurements of space and time that we still use today ...these stories and many others illustrate this unique and exciting book that tell the history of mathematics through the ages. Combining historical fact with a retelling of ancient myths and legends, Alistair Wilson introduces mathematical concepts and processes in a way that will totally disarm the reader who fears mathematics. Showing how mathematics arose out of the problems of everyday life he introduces geometry, propositional logic, prime numbers, quadratic equations, the Fibonacci sequences, remainder theorem, trigonometry, and much more. Each chapter contains a mathematical case study where the mathematics is applied to the problems of the era; the building of the pyramids, the prediction of eclipses, or the calculation of pi. Readers will see clearly the relevance and usefulness of the newly developed mathematics that they may never have seen before.
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- Title The Infinite in the Infinite
- Author Alistair MacIntosh Wilson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher OUP Oxford, Oxford
- Date 1996-01-18
- ISBN 9780198539506 / 0198539509
- Weight 2.17 lbs (0.98 kg)
- Dimensions 9.42 x 6.34 x 1.41 in (23.93 x 16.10 x 3.58 cm)
- Reading level 1140
- Library of Congress subjects Mathematics - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94034260
- Dewey Decimal Code 510.9
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