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28%OFFJoseph Mazur - Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers - 9780691154633 - V9780691154633
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Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

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Description for Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers Hardback. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? This book explains the history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 halftones. 38 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 586.
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 symbols became widely adopted. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691154633
SKU
V9780691154633
Shipping Time
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About Joseph Mazur
Joseph Mazur is the author of Euclid in the Rainforest (Plume), which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award, Zeno's Paradox (Plume), What's Luck Got to Do with It? (Princeton), and Fluke (Basic).

Reviews for Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers
"Mazur (Euclid in the Rainforest) gives readers the fascinating history behind the mathematical symbols we use, and completely take for granted, every day. Mathematical notation turns numbers into sentences
or, to the uninitiated, a mysterious and impenetrable code. Mazur says the story of math symbols begins some 3,700 years ago, in ancient Babylon, where merchants incised tallies of goods on cuneiform ... Read more

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