[FREE] Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers
·•●- Joseph Mazur ·•●-
| #1726822 in Books | Mazur Joseph | 2016-12-06 | Original language:English | 9.20 x.90 x6.00l,.0 | File Name: 0691173370 | 312 pages | Enlightening Symbols A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers
||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful source book for the development of mathematical thinking|By Arthur C Howard|This is an excellent source for not just the history of our common mathematical symbols -- which would have made it a great book to read -- but also the development of mathematical thinking, from purely geometric and rhetorical to abstract. I highly recommend it to anyone who teaches, or enj||"Mazur (Euclid in the Rainforest) gives readers the fascinating history behind the mathematical symbols we use, and completely take for granted, every day. Mathematical notation turns numbers into sentences--or, to the uninitiated, a mysterious and imp
While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? In Enlightening Symbols, popular math writer Joseph Mazur explains the fascinating history behind the development of our mathematical notation system. He s...
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