PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781780873220
- Categories [2022], BX, BXOS, NF REF, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Personal Development, Reference, WBD
- Author(s) Dr. Richard Elwes
- Publisher Quercus Publishing
- Pages 416
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 18.5cm x 2.5cm x 24.5cm
- Weight 1.34 kg
product description
Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs presents a series of essays explaining the fundamentals of the most important maths concepts you really need to know. Richard Elwes profiles the groundbreaking and front-of-mind discoveries that have had a profound influence on our way of life and understanding. From the origins of counting some 35,000 years ago, right up to the very latest breakthroughs - such as Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and Cook & Wolfram's Rule 110 - Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs tells a story of discovery, invention, painstaking progress and inspired leaps of the imagination.

