Rudman Peter S.:
How Mathematics Happened
The First 50,000 Years
Prometheus Books (United States), 2007
Hardback, 314 pages
Size: 230x155 mm
ISBN: 9781591024774
ISBN-10: 1591024773
List price: £22.50
You save: 30%
How Mathematics Happened
Discussing ancient mathematics, this work digs deeper into the question of why it was done in a particular way. Why did the Egyptians use a bizarre method of expressing fractions? Why did Babylonians use an awkward number system based on multiples of 60? It answers such questions, arguing that some mathematical thinking is universal and timeless.

