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The Infinite in the Finite (Hardcover, New)
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The Infinite in the Finite (Hardcover, New)
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A conversation between Euclid and the ghost of Socrates. . . the
paths of the moon and the sun charted by the stone-builders of
ancient Europe. . .the Greek ideal of the golden mean by which they
measured beauty. . . Combining historical fact with a retelling of
ancient myths and legends, this lively and engaging book describes
the historical, religious and geographical background that gave
rise to mathematics in ancient Egypt, Babylon, China, Greece,
India, and the Arab world. Each chapter contains a case study where
mathematics is applied to the problems of the era, including the
area of triangles and volume of the Egyptian pyramids; the
Babylonian sexagesimal number system and our present measure of
space and time which grew out of it; the use of the abacus and
remainder theory in China; the invention of trigonometry by Arab
mathematicians; and the solution of quadratic equations by
completing the square developed in India. These insightful
commentaries will give mathematicians and general historians a
better understanding of why and how mathematics arose from the
problems of everyday life, while the author's easy, accessible
writing style will open fascinating chapters in the history of
mathematics to a wide audience of general readers.
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