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Infinite Ascent eBook

A Short History Of Mathematics

de David Berlinski
idioma: inglês
Editor: Random House Publishing Group, agosto de 2011 ‧
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In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski, the acclaimed author of The Advent of the Algorithm, A Tour of the Calculus, and Newton’s Gift, tells the story of mathematics, bringing to life with wit, elegance, and deep insight a 2,500-year-long intellectual adventure.

Berlinski focuses on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history-and the men behind them. Here are Pythagoras, intoxicated by the mystical significance of numbers; Euclid, who gave the world the very idea of a proof; Leibniz and Newton, co-discoverers of the calculus; Cantor, master of the infinite; and Gödel, who in one magnificent proof placed everything in doubt.

The elaboration of mathematical knowledge has meant nothing less than the unfolding of human consciousness itself. With his unmatched ability to make abstract ideas concrete and approachable, Berlinski both tells an engrossing tale and introduces us to the full power of what surely ranks as one of the greatest of all human endeavors.


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Infinite Ascent

A Short History Of Mathematics

de David Berlinski

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780307778178
Editor: Random House Publishing Group
Data de Lançamento: agosto de 2011
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade:
Coleção: Modern Library Chronicles
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Ciências Exatas e Naturais > Matemática
eBooks em Inglês > Outros
EAN: 9780307778178
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