Enlightening Symbols A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers |
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| Author:
| Mazur, Joseph |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-17337-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2016 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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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 wri
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 wri