A Wealth of Numbers

A Wealth of Numbers
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 9780691147758
ISBN-13 : 0691147752
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Book Synopsis A Wealth of Numbers by : Benjamin Wardhaugh

Download or read book A Wealth of Numbers written by Benjamin Wardhaugh and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, A Wealth of Numbers includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics;


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