A Mathematical Odyssey
Subtitle: Journey from the Real to the Complex
Publisher: Springer; imusti
Published: May 11, 2014
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9781461489382
Description: Krantz and Parks endeavor to tell the story of the modern impact of mathematics, of its trials and triumphs and insights. They examine how mathematics has shaped human thought over the centuries, and attempt to show you that how it affects the financial world, relativity theory, and the computer coding and encryption that keep the Internet running.
Notes: Source title: A Mathematical Odyssey: Journey from the Real to the Complex