The mathematical traveler: exploring the grand history of numbers
The story of numbers is a rich, sweeping history that shows how our mathematical achievements contributed to the greatest innovations of civilization. Calvin Clawson, acclaimed author of Conquering Math Phobia, weaves a story of numbers that spans thousands of years. As Clawson so clearly shows, num...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The story of numbers is a rich, sweeping history that shows how our mathematical achievements contributed to the greatest innovations of civilization. Calvin Clawson, acclaimed author of Conquering Math Phobia, weaves a story of numbers that spans thousands of years. As Clawson so clearly shows, numbers are not only an intrinsic and essential thread in our modern lives, but have always been an integral part of the human psyche - knit into the very fabric of our identity as humans Clawson travels back through time to the roots of the history of numbers. In exploring early human fascination with numbers, he unearths the clay beads, knotted ropes, and tablets used by our ancestors as counting tools. He then investigates how numeric symbols and concepts developed uniquely and independently in Meso-America, China, and Egypt As he persuasively argues, the mathematical concepts that arose and flourished in the ancient world enabled the creation of architectural masterpieces as well as the establishment of vast trade networks |
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Autor: Clawson, Calvin C
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Contents INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 How Do We Count? 5 CHAPTER 2 Early Counting 19 CHAPTER 3 Counting in Other Species 37 CHAPTER 4 Ancient Numbers 49 CHAPTER 5 Chinese and New World Numbers 77 CHAPTER 6 Problems in Paradise 95 CHAPTER 7 The Negative Numbers 121 CHAPTER 8 Dealing with the Infinite 135 CHAPTER 9 Dedekind’s Cut: Irrational Numbers 161 ix
X CONTENTS CHAPTER 10 Story of it: Transcendental Numbers 181 CHAPTER 11 Expanding the Kingdom: Complex Numbers 207 CHAPTER 12 Really Big: Transfinite Numbers 223 CHAPTER 13 The Genius Calculators 233 CHAPTER 14 What Does It All Mean? 247 CHAPTER 15 Numbers: Past, Present, and Future 263 End Notes 281 Glossary 289 Bibliography 299 Index 303
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