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Richard Elwes
Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs presents a series of essays explaining the fundamentals of the most important maths concepts you really need to know. Richard Elwes profiles the groundbreaking and front-of-mind discoveries that have had a profound influence on our way of life and understanding. From the origins of counting some 35,000 years ago, right up to the very latest breakthroughs - such as Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and Cook & Wolfram's Rule 110 - Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs tells a story of discovery, invention, painstaking progress and inspired leaps of the imagination.
| Publisher | Quercus |
|---|---|
| Pages | 416 |
| Search language | english |
| ISBN_10 | 1-780-87322-0 primary |
| ISBN_13 | 978-1-780-87322-0 primary |
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