TAMING THE INFINITE: THE STORY OF MATHEMATICS
Written by Ian Stewart, Matt Parker
Published by Folio Society
in 2012
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MATHS
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Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- 1 Tokens, Tallies and Tablets
- 2 The Logic of Shape
- 3 Notations and Numbers
- 4 Lure of the Unknown
- 5 Eternal Triangles
- 6 Curves and Coordinates
- 7 Patters in Numbers
- 8 The System of the World
- 9 Patterns in Nature
- 10 Impossible Quantities
- 11 Firm Foundations
- 12 Impossible Triangles
- 13 The Rise of Symmetry
- 14 Algebra Comes of Age
- 15 Rubber-Sheet Geometry
- 16 The Fourth Dimension
- 17 The Shape of Logic
- 18 How Likely is That?
- 19 Number Crunching
- 20 Chaos and Complexity
- Further Reading
- Index