Mathematics - Simply Brilliant!

This book invites you to marvel: discover how, for example, Archimedes was able to determine the area of a parabolic segment 1,800 years before the invention of “classical” integral calculus, derive a summation formula for square numbers with Ibn al-Haitham, or explore quaternions with Hamilton.The 21 selected ideas are vividly developed with the help of numerous colour illustrations – you will be...