The Universe in Zero Words - The Story of Mathematics as Told through Equations
ISBN: 0691152829 | 192 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
ISBN: 0691152829 | 192 pages | EPUB | 9 MB
Most popular books about science, and even about mathematics, tiptoe around equations as if they were something to be hidden from the reader's tender eyes. Dana Mackenzie starts from the opposite premise: He celebrates equations. No history of art would be complete without pictures. Why, then, should a history of mathematics--the universal language of science--keep the masterpieces of the subject hidden behind a veil?
