The Resource It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics, Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson
It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics, Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson
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The item It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics, Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham Libraries.
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- Summary
- Through the fascinating and outrageous stories behind mathematics' greats, 'It All Adds Up' provides an accessible refresher on the ideas you learned in school but forgot (or never really understood). From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control our computers and much else in our lives, numbers are everywhere. They are so indispensable that we forget just how brilliant they are and that it took our ancestors thousands of years to provide us with these systems. Wandering around museums, monuments and metro stations, mathematician Mickael Launay looks at everyday objects and art to tell the exciting story of how our prehistoric dabbles became the most sophisticated framework that exists today
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 260 pages
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Isbn
- 9780008283933
- Label
- It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics
- Title
- It all adds up
- Title remainder
- the story of people and mathematics
- Statement of responsibility
- Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- Through the fascinating and outrageous stories behind mathematics' greats, 'It All Adds Up' provides an accessible refresher on the ideas you learned in school but forgot (or never really understood). From our ability to calculate the passing of time to the algorithms that control our computers and much else in our lives, numbers are everywhere. They are so indispensable that we forget just how brilliant they are and that it took our ancestors thousands of years to provide us with these systems. Wandering around museums, monuments and metro stations, mathematician Mickael Launay looks at everyday objects and art to tell the exciting story of how our prehistoric dabbles became the most sophisticated framework that exists today
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Launay, Mickaël
- Dewey number
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- 510.9
- 510
- 510
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wilson, Stephen S
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathematics
- Popular Science and Mathematics
- Label
- It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics, Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780008283933
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008283933
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
- Label
- It all adds up : the story of people and mathematics, Mickaël Launay ; translated by Stephen S. Wilson
- Note
- Translated from the French
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9780008283933
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- ix, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9780008283933
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white)
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