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OverviewThe book is organized chronologically, with lots of maths packed into every page. The book has been written so as to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raymond Flood , Robin WilsonPublisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd Imprint: Arcturus Publishing Ltd ISBN: 9781788886949ISBN 10: 1788886941 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 15 April 2019 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationRobin Wilson is an Oxford graduate, Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics at the Open University, and Emeritus Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London (the oldest mathematical chair in England). He is well known as a popularizer of mathematics, winning two prestigious awards from the Mathematical Association of America for 'outstanding expository writing'. Previous publications include Mathematics and Music: From Pythagoras to Fractals and Sherlock Holmes in Babylon and Other Tales of Mathematical History. Raymond Flood is Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, having been Vice-President of the college and former President of he British Society for the History of Mathematics before retiring in 2010. He enjoys communicating mathematics and its history to non-specialist audiences, as he has done previously on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time. Previous publications include James Clerk Maxwell: Perspectives on his Life and Work and Mathematics in Victorian Britain. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |