50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know
$29.69
- Hardcover
208 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2014
Summary
Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly’s wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world?
In 50 MATHS IDEAS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us.
Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848667051 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848667051 |
| Author: | Tony Crilly |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2014 |
| Weight: | 540g |
| Dimensions: | 206mm x 180mm x 24mm |
| Series: | 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series |
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About The Author
Tony Crilly
Tony Crilly is a Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley.
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