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Number

The Language of Science

af Tobias Dantzig

Bog, Paperback, Engelsk, 2007

"Beyond doubt the most interesting book on the evolution of mathematics which has ever fallen into my hands."-Albert EinsteinNumber 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 ... (Læs mere)

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Bogdetaljer

  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingPaperback
  • ISBN9780452288119
  • Udgivet30/01/2007
  • Udgivet afPenguin Putnam Inc
  • Længde416 sider
  • ForfatterTobias Dantzig
  • GenreBusiness og læring, Videnskab