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Number: The Language of Science
Contributor(s): Dantzig, Tobias (Author), Mazur, Joseph (Author)

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 ISBN: 0452288118     ISBN-13: 9780452288119
Publisher: Plume Books
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: "Number" is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of mathfrom the invention of counting to the discovery of infinityis a profoundly human story that progressed by trying and erring, by groping and stumbling. He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
- Mathematics | Number Systems
- Mathematics | Number Theory
Dewey: 510.1
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.38" W x 8.02" L (0.77 lbs) 416 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands.--Albert Einstein

Number is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Renowned professor of mathematics Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of math--from the invention of counting to the discovery of infinity--is a profoundly human story that progressed by "trying and erring, by groping and stumbling." He shows how commerce, war, and religion led to advances in math, and he recounts the stories of individuals whose breakthroughs expanded the concept of number and created the mathematics that we know today.
 
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