How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781591024774ISBN-10:1591024773UPC:9781591024774Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.22 x 6.36 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCXSPE8KEZ
How Mathematics Happened: The First 50,000 Years
In this fascinating discussion of ancient mathematics, author Peter Rudman does not just chronicle the archeological record of what mathematics was done; he digs deeper into the more important question of why it was done in a particular way. Why did the Egyptians use a bizarre method of expressing fractions? Why did the Babylonians use an awkward number system based on multiples of 60? Rudman...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781591024774ISBN-10:1591024773UPC:9781591024774Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & PhilosophySize:9.22 x 6.36 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.2214Product ID:SCXSPE8KEZ
Peter S. Rudman (Haifa, Israel) is professor (ret.) of solid-state physics at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the author of more than 100 articles in physics.
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