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Mazur, Joseph..

Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers/ [electronic resource] / Joseph Mazur. - Princeton University Press, 2014. - 311 p.

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. Chapter, Lesson, Part 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.

ISBN: 9780691154633 9781400850112

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