Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

by Joseph Mazur

Book Overview

An entertaining look at the origins of mathematical symbols

While all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did mathematical notations evolve into what we know today? In Enlightening Symbols, popular math writer Joseph Mazur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154635
• ISBN13: 9780691154633
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"