Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary: Facts, Figures, and People

by Jeanne Bendick and Marcia Levin

Book Overview

Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, one-volume guide to math facts and figures, terms and processes, concepts and systems. Brief biographies (along with portraits) explain the work of famous mathematicians, along with summaries of historical developments from the early Greeks to quantum and superstring theories.

Illustrations and examples clarify and expand definitions. There are clear descriptions of mathematical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595287328
• ISBN13: 9780595287321
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.5"