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A Brief History of Mathematical Thought
Mathematics > History & Philosophy
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780190621766
- 8.3 X 5.6 X 1.3 inches
- 1.06 pounds
- Mathematics > History & Philosophy
- (Single Author) Asian American
- English
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Book Description
In A Brief History of Mathematical Thought, Luke Heaton provides a compulsively readable history that situates mathematics within the human experience and, in the process, makes it more accessible. Mastering math begins with understanding its history. Heaton's book therefore offers a lively guide into and through the world of numbers and equations-one in which patterns and arguments are traced through logic in the language of concrete experience. Heaton reveals how Greek and Roman mathematicians like Pythagoras, Euclid, and Archimedes helped shaped the early logic of mathematics; how the Fibonacci sequence, the rise of algebra, and the invention of calculus are connected; how clocks, coordinates, and logical padlocks work mathematically; and how, in the twentieth century, Alan Turing's revolutionary work on the concept of computation laid the groundwork for the modern world.
A Brief History of Mathematical Thought situates mathematics as part of, and essential to, lived experience. Understanding it does not require the application of various rules or numbing memorization, but rather a historical imagination and a view to its origins. Moving from the origin of numbers, into calculus, and through infinity, Heaton sheds light on the language of math and its significance to human life.
Author Bio
I am a theoretical biologist, with a particular interest in morphogenesis, and I am currently studying for a DPhil through the Life Science Interface DTC at the University of Oxford. I am currently developing models to aid our understanding of how fungi translocate nutrients, and to explore the developmental logic of fungal networks.
- 2007 - 12 Member of the Life Science Interface DTC, supported by the EPSRC.
- D.Phil in Theoretical Biology, Department of Physics, University of Oxford.
- Thesis title: ‘Biological Transport Networks’
- Supervisors: Dr. Nick S. Jones (Physics), Dr. Eduardo Lopez (Physics),Prof. Philip Maini (Maths), Dr. Mark Fricker (Plant Science).B.A, Architecture, University of Westminster.
2002-2005 M.Sc, Mathematics and the Logical Foundations of Computer Science,
- 2000-2001 University of Oxford. Distinction B.Sc, Mathematics, University of Edinburgh. First
Source: Oxford.Academia.edu
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