Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers by Tom Jackson
Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers

Tom Jackson

Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers

Tom Jackson

168 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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Legend has it that the first magic square, where all lines and diagonals add up to the same figure, was revealed more than 2,000 years ago when a river turtle appeared to have ancient Chinese numerals inscribed on sections of its shell. Patterns a...

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