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A Quick History of Maths Clive Gifford

A Quick History of Maths By Clive Gifford

A Quick History of Maths by Clive Gifford


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Summary

A Quick History of Maths is 43,000 years of mathematical discoveries packed into one book, plus lots of jokes.

A Quick History of Maths Summary

A Quick History of Maths: From Counting Cavemen to Big Data by Clive Gifford

Maths + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Maths.

This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big dataand the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool!

You will discover:
  • How to count on your fingers (there are more ways than you might think!)
  • Why we have 60 seconds in a minute (hint: it's to do with the ancient Babylonians)
  • How to count like an Egyptian (using hieroglyphs)
  • Why it's hip to be square using square numbers
  • A Pythagorean party trick
  • The naked truth of Archimedes' bath time mathematics
  • How to do matha-magic with magic squares
  • ...and much more.

In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It's 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavor squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure.

Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you'll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician at the same time!

About Clive Gifford

Clive Gifford has travelled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colours of History (QED). Clive lives in Manchester, UK.

Michael Young is an illustrator and animator from Perth, Western Australia.

Additional information

GOR011937364
9780711249011
0711249016
A Quick History of Maths: From Counting Cavemen to Big Data by Clive Gifford
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Quarto Publishing PLC
20200407
128
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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