商品簡介
Written for the non-mathematician, this book outlines the origins and nature of mathematics, discusses very large numbers and fractions, reviews the fundamental axioms of algebra and trigonometry, and introduces probability theory. The final section chronicles the life and achievements of Copernicus, Descartes, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Jefferson Hane Weaver (Fort Lauderdale, FL) is the highly acclaimed author of many popular science books, including Conquering Statistics, The Story of Physics, and The Story of Mathematics.
