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Number :

(Number (ISBN

0131856278

(Number (ISBN

9780131856271

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b701219

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Number :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the language of science /

First Statement of Responsibility

Tobias Dantzig ; edited by Joseph Mazur ; foreword by Barry Mazur.

Edition Statement

The Masterpiece Science ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pi Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2005.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xviii, 396 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

22 cm

Text of Note

"This edition is a republication of the 4th edition of Number, originally published by Scribner, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Inc."--Title page verso.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Fingerprints -- The empty column -- Number-lore -- The last number -- Symbols -- The unutterable -- This flowing world -- The art of becoming -- Filling the gaps -- The domain of number -- The anatomy of the infinite -- The two realities -- On the recording of numbers -- Topics in integers -- On roots and radicals -- On principles and arguments.

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"Number is an open doorway into the world of math. Tobias Dantzig explains the foundations of mathematics with ease, and eloquently explores deeper philosophical questions that arise along the way. He describes the properties of all kinds of numbers - integers, primes, irrationals, transcendentals, and more. He explains the significance of zero, and shows that its invention has revolutionary consequences for arithmetic. He shows how the invention of symbols for use in algebra - a radical departure from tradition at the time - ushered in a new era of math; how arithmetic and geometry reflect each other; and how calculus uses infinity to model the continuity of space and time." "With a new afterword, notes section, and bibliography written by math professor and author Joseph Mazur, and a new foreword by mathematician Barry Mazur, the Masterpiece Science edition of Number - which was first published in 1930 - is the first update of Dantzig's classic work in over fifty years. It is a story that ranges from the dawn of man to the genius of history's greatest mathematicians, vividly revealing how the pursuit of knowledge transcends the rise and fall of civilizations."--Jacket.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

BWI

Stock Number

0131856278

Title

Number.

Arithmetic-- History.

Number concept.

Arithmetic.

Number concept.

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Number

Edition

Edition

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Dantzig, Tobias,1884-1956.

Mazur, Joseph.

Date of Transaction

20201207165545.0

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[Book]

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