Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers/ [electronic resource] / Joseph Mazur.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Princeton University Press, 2014.Description: 311 pISBN: - 9780691154633
- 9781400850112
Chapter, Lesson, Part Part 1: Numerals.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 1: Curious Beginnings.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 2: Certain Ancient Number Systems.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 3: Silk and Royal Roads.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 4: The Indian Gift.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 5: Arrival in Europe.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 6: The Arab Gift.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 7: Liber Abbaci.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 8: Refuting Origins.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Part 2: Algebra.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 9: Sans Symbols.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 10: Diophantus's Arithmetica.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 11: The Great Art.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 12: Symbol Infancy.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 13: The Timid Symbol.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 14: Hierarchies of Dignity.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 15: Vowels and Consonants.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 16: The Explosion.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 17: A Catalogue of Symbols.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 18: The Symbol Master.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 19: The Last of the Magicians.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Part 3: The Power of Symbols.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 20: Rendezvous in the Mind.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 21: The Good Symbol.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 22: Invisible Gorillas.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 23: Mental Pictures.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 24: Conclusion.
Cover, Title,Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Introduction--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Definitions--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Note on the Illustrations--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix A: Leibniz's Notation--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix B: Newton's Fluxion of xn--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix C: Experiment--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix D: Visualizing Complex Numbers--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix E: Quaternions--References, Appendix, Index,Acknowledgments--References, Appendix, Index,Notes--References, Appendix, Index,Index.
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