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Enlightening symbols : a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers
Enlightening symbols : a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers
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- 자료유형
- 단행본
- Control Number
- n872115124
- International Standard Book Number
- 9781400850112 (electronic bk.)
- International Standard Book Number
- 1400850118 (electronic bk.)
- International Standard Book Number
- 9781306517980
- International Standard Book Number
- 1306517982
- International Standard Book Number
- 9780691154633 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- International Standard Book Number
- 0691154635 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Library of Congress Call Number
- QA41-.M39 2014eb
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 510.1/48-23
- Main Entry-Personal Name
- Mazur, Joseph
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 285 pages) : illustrations
- Summary, Etc.
- 요약While 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 ...
- Bibliography, Etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note
- 완전내용Numerals. Curious beginnings ; Certain ancient number systems ; Silk and Royal roads ; The Indian gift ; Arrival in Europe ; The Arab gift ; Liber abbaci ; Refuting origins -- Algebra. Sans symbols ; Diophantus's Arithmetica ; The great art ; Symbol infancy ; The timid symbol ; Hierarchies of dignity ; Vowels and consonants ; The explosion ; A catalogue of symbols ; The symbol master ; The last of the magicians -- The power of symbols. Rendezvous in the mind ; The good symbol ; Invisible gorillas ; Mental pictures -- Appendix A. Leibniz's notation -- Appendix B. Newton's fluxion of x [superscript n] -- Appendix C. Experiment -- Appendix D/ Visualizing complex numbers -- Appendix E. Quaternions.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Mathematical notation History
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- MATHEMATICS Essays.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- MATHEMATICS Pre-Calculus.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- MATHEMATICS Reference.
- Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
- Mathematical notation.
- Additional Physical Form Entry
- Print versionMazur, Joseph. Enlightening symbols. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014] 9780691154633 (DLC) 2013028571 (OCoLC)853664441
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- 로그인을 한후 보실 수 있는 자료입니다.
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- joongbu:441447
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