A unique history of humanity told through its seventeen defining equations; from Pythagoras to Calculus.
Ian Stewart is a Mathematics Professor at Warwick University. His many books include Mathematics of Life, Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities, and The Science of Discworld trilogy with Terry Pratchett. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, appears frequently on radio and television, and does research on pattern formation and network dynamics.
His wondrous world of worked-out maths and joined-up thinking is
radical and even romantic
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Interesting and authoritative
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