Significant Figures The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians

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A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty five pioneering mathematicians

In Significant Figures acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history. Delving into the lives of twenty five great mathematicians Stewart examines the roles they played in creating inventing and discovering the mathematics we use today. Through these short biographies we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to Benoit Mandelbrot and learn about those too often left out of the cannon such as Muhammad ibn Musa al Khwarizmi (c. 780 850) the creator of algebra and Augusta Ada King (1815 1852) Countess of Lovelace the world’s first computer programmer.

Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.

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