Mathematics: History of Ideas
by Maria Astrina and Iosif Ribakov
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This history of mathematics from prehistoric times till the 21st century tells about mathematicians and discoveries of each period, solutions to mathematical problems that led to unexpected discoveries in other fields of knowledge and the changing language of science. The authors concentrate not only on personalities and facts, but on the history of ideas and their progress, including the circumference of a circle, the π, the law of gravity, the theory of relativity, Euclid’s axioms and multidimensional Riemann spaces.
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A Walk through History
A Walk Through History is a Russian publishing house specializing in children’s nonfiction. Since 2011 it has created and designed about 50 titles on various periods of history and other subjects such as mathematics, sport, plants and animals.
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- Publisher A Walk Through History PH
- Orginal LanguageRussian
- Publication Country or regionRussia
- FormatHardback
- Pages160
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleRussian
- Original Language AuthorsRussian
- Copyright Year2018