Publisher's Synopsis
An in-depth selection of articles from Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society.Each title in The Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Society Singles presents 60-70 articles showing the maths behind our daily lives, explaining to students how and why maths works, and allowing readers to better understand how disciplines such as algebra, geometry, calculus, and others affect what we do every day. This outstanding reference is appropriate for both high school and undergraduate programmes, making the content readily accessible to public library patrons as well.The articles are written in clear language and presented in a uniform, easily readable format. Every article begins with standard, ready reference top matter which includes the category, fields of study (such as geometry, measurements, communication) and a brief summary. The heart of the essay discusses the interconnections of mathematics, including its meaning, history and usage. Every essay ends with a list of sources for further reading and see-also cross-references.Great Mathematicians Table of Contents: Abel, Niels Henrik Agnesi, Maria Gaetana Alhazen Apollonius of Perga Archimedes Aryabhata the Elder Bessel, Friedrich Wilhelm Born, Max Brahmagupta Cardano, Gerolamo Carroll, Lewis d'Alembert, Jean le Rond Dedekind, Richard Descartes, René Diophantus of Alexandria Euclid Eudoxus of Cnidus Euler, Leonhard Fermat, Pierre de Fourier, Joseph Frege, Gottlob Galois, Évariste Gauss, Carl Friedrich Germain, Sophie Gödel, Kurt Gregory, James Hamilton, William Rowan Hilbert, David Hipparchus Kovalevskaya, Sofya Lagrange, Joseph-Louis Laplace, Pierre-Simon Leibniz, Gottgried Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) Lobachevsky, Nikolai Maclaurin, Colin Mandelbrot, Benoit Monge, Gaspard Napier, John Neumann, John von Newcomb, Simon Omar Khayyám Pappus Pascal, Blaise Picard, Émile Poincaré, Henri Pythagoras Russell, Bertrand Scott, Charlotte Angas Seki Kowa Steiner, Jakob Stevin, Simon Turing, Alan Mathison Wallis, John Whitehead, Alfred North Wiener, Norbert.
