Introducing Mathematics: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)
Ziauddin Sardar
Jerry Ravetz
Borin Van Loon
UK £6.99,Canada $12.50,
UK Publication September 2011
ISBN 9781848312975
Paperback
Page Extent 176
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Compact INTRODUCING guide to the greatest creation of human intelligence.
What is mathematics, and why is it such a mystery to so many people? Mathematics is the greatest creation of human intelligence. It affects us all. We depend on it in our daily lives, and yet many of the tools of mathematics, such as geometry, algebra and trigonometry, are descended from ancient or non-Western civilizations.
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. It shows how the history of mathematics has seen progress and paradox go hand in hand - and how this is still happening today.
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Ziauddin Sardar is a prominent journalist and author. Prolific and polymathic, he is a regular contributor to the New Statesman and The Observer. He presented The Battle for Islam on BBC Two in September 2005. His most recent books are Desperately Seeking Paradise and Balti Britain (Granta).See more books by: Ziauddin Sardar
Jerry Ravetz is a philosopher and mathematician.
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Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The Severed Head' for The Chap magazine.
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Other editions / related titles:
Introducing Fractal Geometry
Introducing Logic (pocket-sized edition)
Introducing Statistics
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