Format:
207 Seiten
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zahlreiche Illustrationen
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28 cm
ISBN:
1785510398
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9781785510397
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9781785510496
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1785510495
Content:
Mathematics is not just the product of lone geniuses dreaming up ideas remote from everyday life: real social, political and cultural problems drive developments in the subject, and the work of mathematical practitioners surrounds us everywhere we look. This lavishly illustrated book accompanies the Science Museum's landmark new Mathematics: The David and Claudia Harding Gallery due to open in autumn 2016. It includes an absorbing series of essays by world-leading experts in the history and modern practice of mathematics, alongside vivid accounts of mathematical work underpinning some of our most fundamental human concerns, from life and death to war and peace, money, trade, beauty and our attempts to control nature's most elemental forces. 'Mathematics' uses the world-class collections of the Science Museum to offer a vivid vision of the people behind 400 years of mathematical practice, driven by problems that affect us all
Note:
Published in association with Science Museum. - Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-198) and index
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Essays. Viewing the mathematical past : action, explanation, speculation
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Afterword. Mathematics : the Winton Gallery, Science Museum
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mathematik
Author information:
Bennett, Jim
Author information:
Fara, Patricia 1948-
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