50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know

In 50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know , Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us. Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, this book is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. For once, mathematics couldn''t be simpler.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Tony Crilly is Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong, and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tony Crilly, Crilly Tony
• Verlag: Quercus Publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 18.08.2022
• EAN: 9781529425154
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-2515-4
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 110 mm x 176 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Allgemeines, Lexika; popular science, MATHEMATICS / General, History of mathematics, Popular and recreational mathematics