The Secret Lives of Numbers - Kate Kitagawa, Timothy Revell

The Secret Lives of Numbers

A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers
Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2023
Viking (Verlag)
978-0-241-54411-2 (ISBN)
24,90 inkl. MwSt
A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths

'Lively, satisfying, good at explaining difficult concepts' The Sunday Times

Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell introduce readers to the mathematical boundary-smashers who have been erased by history because of their race, gender or nationality.

From the brilliant Arabic scholars of the ninth-century House of Wisdom, and the pioneering African American mathematicians of the twentieth century, to the 'lady computers' around the world who revolutionised our knowledge of the night sky, we meet these fascinating trailblazers and see how they contributed to our global knowledge today.

Along the way, the mathematics itself is explained extremely clearly, for example, calculus is described using the authors' home baking, as they pose the question: how much cake is in our cake? This revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of mathematics is as entertaining as it is important.

Kate Kitagawa (Author) Dr Kate Kitagawa is one of the world's leading experts on the history of mathematics. She earned a PhD from Princeton University, taught history at Harvard University and conducted research in the UK, Germany and South Africa. Her first book was a national bestseller in Japan, and she has been named one of the 100 most influential people in Japan by Nikkei Business. Timothy Revell (Author) Dr Timothy Revell is a journalist and lapsed mathematician. He is currently the Executive Editor for New Scientist and is based in London. As a reporter and editor, he specialises in technology and mathematics, covering everything from artificial intelligence to the Abel prize. He appears regularly on WNYC's Science Friday, as well as on other podcasts and radio to talk about the latest developments in science. He has a master's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in computer science. His first book was Man vs. Maths.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 242 mm
Gewicht 525 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-241-54411-4 / 0241544114
ISBN-13 978-0-241-54411-2 / 9780241544112
Zustand Neuware
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