MathematicsfortheMillion:HowtoMastertheMagicofNumbers

作者 Lancelot Hogben著
出版社 W.W.Norton&Co.
出版时间 1993年9月
ISBN 9780393310719
定价 228.30

内容简介

"Itmakesalivethecontentsoftheelementsofmathematics."—AlbertEinsteinTakingonlythemostelementaryknowledgeforgranted,LancelotHogbenleadsreadersofthisfamousbookthroughthewholecoursefromsimplearithmetictocalculus.Hisilluminatingexplanationisaddressedtothepersonwhowantstounderstandtheplaceofmathematicsinmoderncivilizationbutwhohasbeenintimidatedbyitssupposeddifficulty.Mathematicsisthelanguageofsize,shape,andorder—alanguageHogbenshowsonecanbothmasterandenjoy.

作者简介

LancelotHogbenwasborninSouthsea,Hampshire,England,in1895andwaseducatedatTrinityCollege,CambridgeUniversity,whereheobtainedhisM.S.degree.hereceivedhisD.Sc.degreefromLondonUnversityandanhonoraryLL.D.fromBirminghamUnivesity.HisotherpopularbooksincludeSciencefortheCitizenand(withFrederickBodmer)TheLoomofLanguage.

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