Author : Dana Mackenzie
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1742232981
The Universe in Zero Words by Dana Mackenzie Pdf
In this fascinating and richly illustrated book, Dana Mackenzie brings to life the 4000-year history of mathematics through the lives and work of its greatest practitioners. * Discover the world's simplest equation and what it means * Find out how Newton's Laws of Motion help us do everything from building bridges to predicting the weather * See how mathematics got nasty and personal in 16th-century Italy * Understand how Newton and Leibniz unlocked the key to mastering infinity with the fundamental theorem of calculus * Find out how Fermat's Last Theorem was solved after 350 years.