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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong--warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Julia Robinson, a pioneer among American women in mathematics, rose to prominence in a field where often she was the only woman. Julia Robinson was the first woman elected to the mathematical section of the National Academy of Sciences, and the first woman to become president of the American Mathematical Society. Her work, and the exciting story of the path that led to the solution of Hilbert's tenth problem in 1970, produced an unusual friendship...
Series
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Enter into history and trace the important events in the development of mathematics and computers. Follow a story timeline from the earliest civilizations to the present day to learn how mathematics has progressed through the ages -- eventually leading to the development of computers." -- Back cover.
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