The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On /

An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mys...

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1. Verfasser: Havil, Julian (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press [2023]
Schriftenreihe:Princeton Science Library ; 134
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Zusammenfassung:An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled their challenges, from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Along the way, he explains why irrational numbers are surprisingly difficult to define-and why so many questions still surround them. Fascinating and illuminating, this is a book for everyone who loves math and the history behind it
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (320 pages) 100 b/w illus
ISBN:9780691247670
DOI:10.1515/9780691247670

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