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A Brief History of Numbers (Hardcover)
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A Brief History of Numbers (Hardcover)
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The world around us is saturated with numbers. They are a
fundamental pillar of our modern society, and accepted and used
with hardly a second thought. But how did this state of affairs
come to be? In this book, Leo Corry tells the story behind the idea
of number from the early days of the Pythagoreans, up until the
turn of the twentieth century. He presents an overview of how
numbers were handled and conceived in classical Greek mathematics,
in the mathematics of Islam, in European mathematics of the middle
ages and the Renaissance, during the scientific revolution, all the
way through to the mathematics of the 18th to the early 20th
century. Focusing on both foundational debates and practical use
numbers, and showing how the story of numbers is intimately linked
to that of the idea of equation, this book provides a valuable
insight to numbers for undergraduate students, teachers, engineers,
professional mathematicians, and anyone with an interest in the
history of mathematics.
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