Significant Figures
By
Ian Stewart
Read by
Roger Clark
Release:
09/12/2017
Release:
09/12/2017
Release:
09/12/2017
Release:
09/12/2017
Runtime:
11h 40m
Runtime:
11h 40m
Runtime:
11h 40m
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By showing how even mathematical geniuses face all-too-human challenges, Stewart offers a riveting chronicle of one of humankind's loftiest endeavors.
Paul Halpern, author The Quantum Labyrinth
In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty-five great mathematicians, Stewart examines the roles they played in creating, inventing, and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to Benoit Mandelbrot, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780–850), the creator of algebra, and Augusta Ada King (1815–1852), Countess of Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer.
Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
Release:
2017-09-12
2017-09-12
2017-09-12
2017-09-12
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
11h 40m
11h 40m
11h 40m
11h 40m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
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0.75 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781541480056
9781665255394
9781665255400
9781541410053
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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