Infinite ascent : a short history of mathematics / David Berlinski.
Infinite ascent : a short history of mathematics / David Berlinski.
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Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N510.9/78
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English
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Physical content
197 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Number -- 2. Proof -- 3. Analytic geometry -- 4. The calculus -- 5. Complex numbers -- 6. Groups -- 7. Non-Euclidean geometry -- 8. Sets -- 9. Incompleteness -- 10. The present.
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Publisher
New York : Modern Library, 2005.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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"In Infinite Ascent, David Berlinski focuses on the ten most important breakthroughs in mathematical history - and the men behind them. Here are Pythagoras, intoxicated by the mystical significance of numbers; Euclid, who gave the world the very idea of a proof; Leibniz and Newton, co-discoverers of the calculus; Cantor, master of the infinite; and...
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Infinite ascent : a short history of mathematics / David Berlinski.
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Modern Library chronicles.
Includes index.
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N510.9/78
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74VKmKv2woBA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmKv2woBA
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ISBN
067964234X (acid-free paper)
DDC
510.9
MMS ID
991020530529702626
