The wonderful world of mathematics / Lancelot Hogben ; art by Andre, Charles Keeping, Kenneth Symonds ; maps by Marjorie Saynor.
Material type: TextDescription: 69 pages : illustrations ; 33 cmSubject(s): Mathematics -- History -- Juvenile literature | Civilization -- History -- Juvenile literature | Mathematics -- History | Civilization -- History | Civilization | Mathematics | Matematica (Historia) | Matematik -- historia -- barn-och ungdomslitteraturGenre/Form: History. | Juvenile works. | Printed books -- 20th century -- United States -- New York -- Garden City -- Specimens.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Wonderful world of mathematics.DDC classification: 510 LOC classification: QA21 | .H73 1955J510Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference | GKVK Library | 510 HOG (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | 24657 |
First edition published in 1955 under title: Man must measure: the wonderful world of mathematics.
The beginning: Time and tally -- Ancient Egypt: Taxes and triangles -- Babylon and Assyria: Square and circle -- Phoenician voyages: Stars and steering -- Greece and Rome: Proof and progress -- The Moslem Empire: Numbers and nothing -- Western Europe: Graphs and gravity -- The industrial world: Power and precision.
Traces the history of mathematics as it developed and progressed with man's civilization.
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