Categorii: Diverse
Varsta Recomandata: 8-10 ani
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2020
Editura: Wide Eyed Editions
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 128
Colectie: Quick Histories
Ilustrator: Michael Young
ISBN: 9780711249011
Dimensiuni: l: 17cm | H: 22.4cm
Maths + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Maths. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool!
You will discover:
In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It’s 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavor squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure. Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you’ll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician.