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" Enlightening symbols : "


Document Type : BL
Record Number : 632512
Doc. No : dltt
Main Entry : Mazur, Joseph
Title & Author : Enlightening symbols : : a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers /\ Joseph Mazur
Page. NO : xxiii, 285 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
ISBN : 9780691154633
: : 0691154635
Bibliographies/Indexes : Includes index
Contents : Numerals. Curious beginnings ; Certain ancient number systems ; Silk and Royal roads ; The Indian gift ; Arrival in Europe ; The Arab gift ; Liber abbaci ; Refuting origins -- Algebra. Sans symbols ; Diophantus's Arithmetica ; The great art ; Symbol infancy ; The timid symbol ; Hierarchies of dignity ; Vowels and consonants ; The explosion ; A catalogue of symbols ; The symbol master ; The last of the magicians -- The power of symbols. Rendezvous in the mind ; The good symbol ; Invisible gorillas ; Mental pictures -- Appendix A. Leibniz's notation -- Appendix B. Newton's fluxion of x [superscript n] -- Appendix C. Experiment -- Appendix D/ Visualizing complex numbers -- Appendix E. Quaternions
Abstract : While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? In Enlightening Symbols, popular math writer Joseph Mazur explains the fascinating history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. He shows how symbols were used initially, how one symbol replaced another over time, and how written math was conveyed before and after ...
Subject : Mathematical notation-- History
Subject : Mathematical notation / History
Subject : Mathematics / History
Subject : Mathematics
Subject : Numerals / History
Dewey Classification : ‭510.1/48‬
LC Classification : ‭QA41‬‭.M39 2014‬
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