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020 _a9781032596518
020 _a9781032594989
082 0 0 _aQA21 .W38 2025
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100 1 _aWaters, Thomas
245 1 4 _aThe four corners of mathematics :
_ba brief history, from Pythagoras to Perelman /
_cThomas Waters, University of Portsmouth, UK.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aBoca Raton :
_bAK Peters/CRC Press,
_c2025.
300 _axi,277
_billustration
490 0 _aAK Peters/CRC recreational mathematics series
520 _a"This book describes the historical development of the 'big ideas' in mathematics in an accessible and intuitive manner. In delivering this bird's-eye view of the history of mathematics, the author uses engaging diagrams and images to communicate complex concepts while also exploring the details of the main results and methods of high-level mathematics. As such, this book involves some equations and terminology, but the only assumption on the readers' knowledge is A-level or high school mathematics"--
650 0 _aMathematics
650 0 _aGeometry
650 0 _aAlgebra
650 0 _aCalculus
650 0 _aTopology
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_cBK
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