TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mankiewicz,Richard
TI  - The story of mathematics
SN  - 069108808X
AV  - QA 21 .M23 2000
PY  - 2000///]
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index; Year zero -- Watchers of the skies -- The Pythagorean theorem -- The elements -- Ten computational canons -- Mathematical sutras -- The house of wisdom -- The liberal arts -- The Renaissance perspective -- Mathematics for the common wealth -- The marriage of algebra and geometry -- The clockwork universe -- Mathemathics in motion -- Oceans and stars -- The quintic -- New geometries -- Dialects of algebra -- Fields of action -- Catching infinity -- Of dice and genes -- War games -- Mathematics and modern art -- Machine codes -- Chaos and complexity
N2  - This visually arresting volume takes the reader on an illustrated tour of mathematics across cultures and civilizations, bringing to life a world of important ideas and also great intrigue and charm. It is a rich amalgam of history, biography and popular science. Illustrations and halftones
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