50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know By Tony Crilly torrent

50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know

Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Bertrams Books; 1st ed edition (2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1847240089
ISBN-13: 978-1847240088

Who invented zero? Why 60 seconds in a minute? How big is infinity? Where do parallel lines meet? And can a butterfly's wings really cause a storm on the far side of the world? In 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know, Professor Tony Crilly explains in 50 clear and concise essays the mathematical concepts - ancient and modern, theoretical and practical, everyday and esoteric - that allow us to understand and shape the world around us. Packed with diagrams, examples and anecdotes, this book is the perfect overview of this often daunting but always essential subject. For once, mathematics couldn't be simpler