Math Through the Ages by Fernando Q. Gouvêa, William P. Berlinghoff

262 pages • paperback • 2002

5 editions

nonfiction history mathematics informative medium-paced
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"Where did maths come from? Who thought up all those algebra symbols, and why? What's the story behind pi? ...negative numbers? ...the metric system? ...quadratic equations? ...sine and cosine? ...logs? The 30 independent sketches and 58-page hist...

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