TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mazur,Joseph.
TI  - Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers
SN  - 9780691154633
PY  - 2014///
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History & Philosophy
KW  - Recreations & Games
KW  - Algebra
KW  - General
KW  - Logic
N1  - 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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