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The secret lives of numbers : a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers / Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell.

Kitagawa, Kate, (author.). Revell, Timothy, (author.).

Summary:

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 the narrative we think we know.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063206052
  • ISBN: 0063206056
  • Physical Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-284) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
In the beginning -- The turtle and the emperor -- A town called Alex -- The dawn of time -- On the origin(s) of zero -- The house of wisdom -- The impossible dream -- The (first) calculus pioneers -- Newtonianism for ladies -- A grand synthesis -- The mathematical mermaid -- Revolutions -- = -- Mapping the stars -- Number-crunching.
Subject: Mathematics > History.
Mathematicians > History.
Genre: Informational works.

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  • 2 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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George H. & Laura E. Brown Library 510.9 Kit (Text) 30308101357060 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 11/14/2024
Bogue Banks 500 KITAG (Text) 34208900224808 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 10/19/2024
East Asheville Library 510.9 KIT (Text) 0020513734481 Adult New Nonfiction Checked out 10/22/2024
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