num_pages: 191
description: Because learning the language of mathematics can be daunting many people abandon the attempt as soon as they leave school missing out on the beauty and mystery of the Empress of the Sciences. Now Joel Levy opens new doors into this amazing world. By taking a historical perspective he explains how mathematical science advanced through the ages introducing the most important conceptsfrom simple arithmetic through algebra trigonometry geometry and calculus up to chaos and infinity theoryin understandable nontechnical language.
language: English
title: A Curious History of Mathematics: The Big Ideas from Early Number Concepts to Chaos Theory
publisher: Andre Deutsch