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099 _aEbook
100 1 _aMazur, Joseph..
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245 _aEnlightening symbols:
_ba short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers/
_h[electronic resource] /
_cJoseph Mazur.
260 _bPrinceton University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a311 p.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tPart 1: Numerals.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 1: Curious Beginnings.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 2: Certain Ancient Number Systems.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 3: Silk and Royal Roads.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 4: The Indian Gift.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 5: Arrival in Europe.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 6: The Arab Gift.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 7: Liber Abbaci.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 8: Refuting Origins.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tPart 2: Algebra.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 9: Sans Symbols.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 10: Diophantus's Arithmetica.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 11: The Great Art.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 12: Symbol Infancy.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 13: The Timid Symbol.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 14: Hierarchies of Dignity.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 15: Vowels and Consonants.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 16: The Explosion.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 17: A Catalogue of Symbols.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 18: The Symbol Master.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 19: The Last of the Magicians.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tPart 3: The Power of Symbols.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 20: Rendezvous in the Mind.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 21: The Good Symbol.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 22: Invisible Gorillas.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 23: Mental Pictures.
505 0 _gChapter, Lesson, Part
_tChapter 24: Conclusion.
505 0 _aCover, 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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