Mazur Joseph - Enlightening Symbols A Short History Of Mathematical Notation And Its Hidden Powers - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 wri
Title: Enlightening Symbols A Short History Of Mathematical Notation And Its Hidden Powers
Author(s): Mazur Joseph
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Barcode: 9780691173375
Pages: 312 Pages, 8 Halftones. 38 Line Illus. 4 Tables.
Publication Date: 12/6/2016
Category: Popular Mathematics