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Series
Publisher
Schocken Books
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Description
Extremely readable, jargon-free book for general readers traces the evolution of counting systems, from the primitive techniques of antiquity to computers. Text examines the earliest endeavors to count and record numbers, initial attempts to solve problems by using equations, and origins of infinite cardinal arithmetic.
Author
Publisher
Princeton Univ Pr
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled their challenges, from antiquity to the twenty-first century. He explains...
7) Extension of the number-concept: groups and fields, rational, real, complex, hypercomplex numbers
Author
Publisher
Scripta Mathematica, Yeshiva University
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English
11) A number for your thoughts: facts and speculations about numbers from Euclid to the latest computers
Author
Publisher
A. Hilger
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A delightful introduction to the numbers that surround us, from the common (Pi and 2) to the uncommon but no less consequential (1.059463 and 43,252,003,274,489,856,000). Along the way, Stewart takes us through prime numbers, cubic equations, the concept of zero, the possible positions on the Rubik's Cube, the role of numbers in human history, and beyond!
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Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text provides an introduction to the properties of mathematical operations, including the associative property, the distributive property, and the commutative properties of multiplication and addition.
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