Number: the language of science

By:

Dantzig, Tobias

Contributor(s):

Mazur, Joseph, (Ed.)

Publication details: Penguin Books, 2007 New Delhi:Description: 396 p,: ill.; 21 cmISBN:

9780452288119

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.1 DAN

Summary: This book explains the foundations of mathematics with ease, and eloquently explores deeper philosophical questions that arise along the way. It describes the properties of all kinds of numbers - integers, primes, irrationals, transcendentals, and more. The book explains the significance of zero, and shows that its invention has revolutionary consequences for arithmetic. It shows how the invention of symbols for use in algebra - a radical departure from tradition at the time - ushered in a new era of math; how arithmetic and geometry reflect each other; and how calculus uses infinity to model the continuity of space and time.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book explains the foundations of mathematics with ease, and eloquently explores deeper philosophical questions that arise along the way. It describes the properties of all kinds of numbers - integers, primes, irrationals, transcendentals, and more. The book explains the significance of zero, and shows that its invention has revolutionary consequences for arithmetic. It shows how the invention of symbols for use in algebra - a radical departure from tradition at the time - ushered in a new era of math; how arithmetic and geometry reflect each other; and how calculus uses infinity to model the continuity of space and time.

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