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One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics

One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics

Berlinski, David

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General MathematicsTeaching Instruction

ISBN10: 1400079101
ISBN13: 9781400079100
Publisher: Vintage
Published: May 1 2012
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.21 Depth: 8.02
Language: English

The acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Infinite Ascent offers an enlightening and enthralling tour of the basics of mathematics, and reveals a world of fascination in fundamental mathematical ideas.

One, Two, Three is David Berlinski's captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics, its fundamental ideas, and why they matter. By unraveling the complex answers to these most elementary questions--What is a number? How do addition, subtraction, and other functions actually work? What are geometry and logic?--Berlinski reveals the intricacy behind their seemingly simple exteriors. Peppered with enlightening historical anecdotes and asides on some of history's most fascinating mathematicians, One, Two, Three, revels in the beauty of numbers as Berlinski shows us how and why these often slippery concepts are as essential to the field of mathematics as to who we are.

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