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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brooks, Michael, 1970- author.     Subjects     Mathematics and civilization.     Mathematics -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brooks, Michael, 1970- author.       by title:      The art of more : ho...         MARC Display

The art of more : how mathematics created civilization / Michael Brooks. by Brooks, Michael, 1970- author. New York : Pantheon Books, [2021] Subjects Mathematics and civilization.   Mathematics -- History. ISBN:  9781524748999 (hardcover) : 1524748994 (hardcover) : Description:  vii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First American Edition. Contents:  Introduction: Why our skill with numbers is the greatest human achievement of all -- Arithmetic : how we founded civilisation -- Geometry : how we conquered and created -- Algebra : how we got organized -- Calculus : how we engineered everything -- Logarithms : how we launched science -- Imaginary numbers : how we fired up the electric age -- Statistics : how we made everything better -- Information theory : how we created the modern era -- Conclusion: Maths is a many-splendored thing. Requests:  0 Summary:  "For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math-and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages-has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great leap of humankind--from charting the movements of celestial bodies, to navigating the globe, to tracking the dissemination of viruses. And the trailblazing mathematicians who devoted their lives to taming numbers come to life in Brooks's telling. Here are ancient Egyptian priests, Babylonian tax officials, the Apollo astronauts, the hobbyist who cracked a mapmaking puzzle that had stumped both NASA and U.S. Geological Survey, and the MIT professor who invented the infrastructure of the online world. Their stories clearly demonstrate that the invention of mathematics is every bit as important to the human species as the discovery of fire. First page to last, The Art of More brings mathematics back into the heart of what it means to be human"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 909 Br Checked out 05/09/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909 Br Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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