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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781623654740
- Categories [2023], BX, BXOS, NF ST, Non-Fiction, Science and Technology
- Author(s) Dr Ian Stewart (University of Warwick)
- Publisher Quercus Books
- Pages 384
- Format Paperback
- Dimensions 20.8cm x 2.0cm x 14.0cm
- Weight 0.281 kg
product description
Maintaining a personal touch, he introduces all of the outstanding mathematicians of history, from the key Babylonians, Greeks and Egyptians, via Newton and Descartes, to Fermat, Babbage and Godel, and demystifies math's key concepts without recourse to complicated formulae. Written to provide a captivating historic narrative for the non-mathematician, Taming the Infinite is packed with fascinating nuggets and quirky asides, and contains 100 illustrations and diagrams to illuminate and aid understanding of a subject many dread, but which has made our world what it is today.
