عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
QA41 .M39 2014
QA41
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M39
2014
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0691154635
(Number (ISBN
9780691154633
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
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TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Enlightening symbols :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers /
First Statement of Responsibility
Joseph Mazur
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 285 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Numerals. 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
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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While 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 ...
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Mathematical notation-- History
Mathematical notation / History
Mathematics
Mathematics / History
Numerals / History
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
510
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1/48
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QA41
Book number
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M39
2014
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Mazur, Joseph
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20150122103729.0
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ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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