TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rooney,Anne
TI  - The story of mathematics : from creating the pyramids to exploring infinity
SN  - 9781841939407
U1  - 510.9 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Arcturus
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
KW  - Mathematicians
KW  - Biography
N2  - Author Anne Rooney weaves strands from every age and culture into a fascinating narrative, which coincidentally tells the story of how mankind moved on from cave dwelling to the life of today. Topics include the development of counting and numbers systems, the emergence of zero, cultures that don't have numbers, algebra, solid geometry, symmetry and beauty, perspective, riddles and problems, calculus, mathematical logic, friction force and displacement, subatomic particles, and the expansion of the universe. Great mathematical thinkers covered include Napier, Liu Hui, Aryabhata, Galileo, Newton, Russell, Einstein, Riemann, Euclid, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Babbage, Montmort, Wittgenstein, and many more. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout in full color
ER  -