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An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER

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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY AND WHY DOES IT MATTER

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August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne.

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Euclids Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics often hailed as the worlds first textbook shaped two thousand years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths.

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Euclids Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics often hailed as the worlds first textbook shaped two thousand years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths.

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An anthology that gathers together nearly one hundred selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, it includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; mathematical histories and biographies; and, more.

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Writings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today. Sourcebooks on the history of mathematics provide some guidance, but what has been lacking is a guide tailored to the needs of readers approaching these writings for the first time. This book intends to fill this gap.