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Wonders beyond numbers : a brief history of all things mathematical / Johnny Ball.

By: Ball, Johnny [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2019Copyright date: ©2017Description: 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472939975 (paperback)Subject(s): Mathematics -- History | Mathematics -- MiscellaneaDDC classification: 510.9 Summary: By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns from ancient times, a story that leads directly to the technological wonderland we live in today. As Galileo said, ̀Everything in the universe is written in the language of mathematics', and Wonders Beyond Numbers is your guide to this language.

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Originally published: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index.

By introducing us to the major characters and leading us through many historical twists and turns, Johnny slowly unravels the tale of how humanity built up a knowledge and understanding of shapes, numbers and patterns from ancient times, a story that leads directly to the technological wonderland we live in today. As Galileo said, ̀Everything in the universe is written in the language of mathematics', and Wonders Beyond Numbers is your guide to this language.

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