Los Elementos de Euclides es una de las escasisimas obras antiguas que puede presumir de haber constituido, casi de golpe, la base sobre la que se ha levantado toda una ciencia, en este caso la geometria y la aritmetica, al menos desde el siglo III a.
Los Elementos de Euclides es una de las escasisimas obras antiguas que puede presumir de haber constituido, casi de golpe, la base sobre la que se ha levantado toda una ciencia, en este caso la geometria y la aritmetica, al menos desde el siglo III a.
Desde los anonimos babilonios y agrimensores egipcios, pasando por Pitagoras y sus seguidores, Arquimedes y Diofanto, hasta llegar al mundo arabe, el autor traza el camino que llevo a la solucion del ultimo teorema de Fermat, una ruta llena de intrigas y falsas atribuciones
The Last Sorcerer and the First Scientist Isaac Newton's Search for the Universe's Hidden CodeIn July 1936, the auction house of Sotheby's offered for sale three hundred and twenty-nine lots of manuscripts that had spent two centuries locked away in an English country house.
Los Elementos de Euclides es una de las escasisimas obras antiguas que puede presumir de haber constituido, casi de golpe, la base sobre la que se ha levantado toda una ciencia, en este caso la geometria y la aritmetica, al menos desde el siglo III a.
Von der Weisheit der ZahlenAnhand zahlreicher kulturhistorischer Dokumente stellt Ernst Bindel die Entwicklung des Zahlenverständnisses vom Altertum bis zur Neuzeit dar.
From cells in our bodies to measuring the universe, big numbers are everywhere We all know that numbers go on forever, that you could spend your life counting and never reach the end of the line, so there can't be such a thing as a ';biggest number'.
Ein spannender Streifzug durch die Geschichte der MathematikVon der Antike bis zur Gegenwart: Der Mathematiker Edmund Weitz erzählt von fünf vielumrätselten Fehlstellen der Mathematik und zeigt, dass die Mathematik zwar nicht alle Probleme lösen kann, dass sie im scheinbaren Scheitern aber immer wieder zur Quelle neuer Erkenntnisse über die Welt wird – mathematisch ebenso wie philosophisch: Warum lässt sich die Fläche eines Kreises nicht exakt auf ein Quadrat übertragen?
Entre los libros de divulgación de las matemáticas hay unos pocos que, tomando como centro algún teorema relevante y complejo, dedican el texto completo a explicar su historia, presentar temas vecinos e incluso acercar una idea de la demostración.
An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth centuryDriven by a profound love of shapes and symmetries, Donald Coxeter (19072003) preserved the tradition of classical geometry when it was under attack by influential mathematicians who promoted a more algebraic and austere approach.
An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth centuryDriven by a profound love of shapes and symmetries, Donald Coxeter (19072003) preserved the tradition of classical geometry when it was under attack by influential mathematicians who promoted a more algebraic and austere approach.
Tras "Las infinitas vidas de Euclides", Benjamin Wardhaugh nos invita a un apasionante viaje por la historia de los números para descubrir como los seres humanos hemos aprendido a contar.
A multifaceted biography of a brilliant mathematician and iconoclastA mathematician unlike any other, John Horton Conway (19372020) possessed a rock star's charisma, a polymath's promiscuous curiosity, and a sly sense of humor.
Für Leser, die ein tiefes Verständnis der wissenschaftlichen Denkweise suchen, ist 'Wissenschaft und Hypothese' von Henri Poincaré ein unverzichtbares Werk.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 'Fascinating, witty and perspective-shifting' Oliver Burkeman'A remarkable book about a remarkable theorem' Will Storr'Witty, lively and best of all, extremely nerdy.
A Tangled Tale is a collection of ten brief humorous stories by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), published serially between April 1880 and March 1885 in The Monthly Packet magazine.
Una fascinante historia salpicada de anécdotas, paradojas y personajes singulares, en busca de los fundamentos de la matemáticas y el pensamiento racional.
*A Financial Times and Waterstones Book of the Year 2025*Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration.
Techniques for deciphering texts by early mathematiciansWritings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today.
An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed.
While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail.
A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Anaximander is a delight and so is this book' -- James McConnachie, Sunday TimesNow widely available in English for the first time, this is Carlo Rovelli's first book: the thrilling story of a little-known man who created one of the greatest intellectual revolutions Over two thousand years ago, one man changed the way we see the world.
An entertaining and enlightening history of irrational numbers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed.
