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About this book
From early humans carving notches in bones to the discovery of quantum mechanics and chaos theory - mathematics has certainly come a long way. Fully illustrated and augmented with helpful timelines and diagrams, Problem Solved! explores some of history's greatest mathematical breakthroughs. Covering topics from Ancient Egyptian geometry to chaos theory, readers will learn about Euclid of Alexandria, Brahmagupta, Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Turing and more. Whether solving practical or abstract problems, these mathematicians have each sought to improve our lives, and have bought us to the world we know today. With each concept explained in easy-to-understand language, there's no need to be a calculus genius to marvel at these incredible feats of problem-solving brilliance.
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Table of contents
- Title
- Contents
- Chapter 1 • Think Of A Number…
- Chapter 2 • Number Systems
- Chapter 3 • The Beginnings Of Geometry
- Chapter 4 • The Mathematics Of Music
- Chapter 5 • Going Around In Circles – The Path To Pi
- Chapter 6 • Zero – The Nothing That Was Something
- Chapter 7 • Algebra – Solving The Unknown
- Chapter 8 • Putting Things In Perspective
- Chapter 9 • Probability – What Are The Chances?
- Chapter 10 • Logarithms – Calculating Made Easy
- Chapter 11 • Geometry Gets Co-ordinated
- Chapter 12 • Calculus – A Scientific Revolution
- Chapter 13 • Picture A Number – Visual Data
- Chapter 14 • Number Theory
- Chapter 15 • The Problem Of Infinity
- Chapter 16 • Topology – The Transformation Of Shapes
- Chapter 17 • The Birth Of Computer Science
- Chapter 18 • Game Theory
- Chapter 19 • Chaos Theory
- Chapter 20 • Conclusion: Does Mathematics Describe Reality?
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