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Quite right the story of mathematics, measurement, and money

Norman Biggs

Oxford Oxford University Press 2016

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária  ACERVO DELFIM NETTO  (C10.20.32 )(Acessar)

  • Título:
    Quite right the story of mathematics, measurement, and money
  • Autor: Norman Biggs
  • Assuntos: Mathematics -- History; Mathematics -- Social aspects; HISTÓRIA DA MATEMÁTICA; MATEMÁTICA -- ASPECTOS SOCIAIS
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-171) and index
  • Descrição: The unwritten story -- The dawn of civilization -- From tax and trade to theorems -- The age of algorithms -- The end of the Middle Ages -- A new world of mathematics -- Mathematics ascending -- Taking a chance -- Modelling and measuring -- Mathematics and money in the age of information -- Can mathematics keep us safe?
    "My aim is to explain how mathematical ideas evolved in response to the growing levels of organization in human societies, from pre-historic times to the present day"--
  • Editor: Oxford Oxford University Press
  • Data de criação/publicação: 2016
  • Formato: viii, 176 pages illustrations 24 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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