Introducing mathematics /
Ziauddin Sardar, Jerry Ravetz, and Borin Van Loon.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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Cambridge, UK : Icon Books ; 1999.
- Summary
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"Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, the calculus, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory."
- Physical Description
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176 p. :
ill., ports. ;
21 cm
- ISBN
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1840460113
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