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Zusatztext " A Wealth of Numbers explores the often overlooked history of popular mathematics in an easy to read and captivating manner. I recommend the book, not only as an excellent research text in this area of mathematics, but as an interesting and entertaining read." ---Steve Humble, Mathematics Today Magazine Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Wardhaugh is a postdoctoral research fellow at All Souls College! University of Oxford! where he studies and teaches the history of mathematics. He is the author of How to Read Historical Mathematics (Princeton). Klappentext Despite what we may sometimes imagine! popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact! it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing! bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century! and drawing from books! newspapers! magazines! and websites! A Wealth of Numbers includes recreational! classroom! and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; accounts of higher mathematics; explanations of mathematical instruments; discussions of how math should be taught and learned; reflections on the place of math in the world; and math in fiction and humor. A unique window into the hidden history of popular mathematics! A Wealth of Numbers will provide many hours of fun and learning to anyone who loves popular mathematics and science. Zusammenfassung An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, it includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; and, more....
