An approachable and informative guide to the major building blocks of contemporary mathematics--from the Pythagorian Theorem to Einstein's theory of relativity--explores how these equations are at the
From ancient Babylon to the last great unsolved problems,?an acclaimed?mathematician and popular?science writer?brings us his witty, engaging, and?definitive history of mathematics?In his famous strai
Mathematician Ian Stewart tells readers what he wishes he had known when he was a student. He takes up subjects ranging from the philosophical to the practical-what mathematics is and why it’s
At its heart, mathematics is about numbers, which in turn are vital to the way we understand the world. In Professor Stewart’s Incredible Numbers, Ian Stewart offers a delightful entree into the wider
In this charming volume, a noted English mathematician uses humor and anecdote to illuminate the concepts of groups, sets, subsets, topology, Boolean algebra, and other mathematical subjects. 200 illu
