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Enlightening symbols : a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers / Joseph Mazur. by Mazur, Joseph. Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2014. Subjects Mathematical notation -- History. ISBN:  9780691154633 (hardcover) 0691154635 (hardcover) Description:  xxiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Numerals. Curious beginnings ; Certain ancient number systems ; Silk and Royal roads ; The Indian gift ; Arrival in Europe ; The Arab gift ; Liber abbaci ; Refuting origins -- Algebra. Sans symbols ; Diophantus's Arithmetica ; The great art ; Symbol infancy ; The timid symbol ; Hierarchies of dignity ; Vowels and consonants ; The explosion ; A catalogue of symbols ; The symbol master ; The last of the magicians -- The power of symbols. Rendezvous in the mind ; The good symbol ; Invisible gorillas ; Mental pictures -- Appendix A. Leibniz's notation -- Appendix B. Newton's fluxion of x [superscript n] -- Appendix C. Experiment -- Appendix D/ Visualizing complex numbers -- Appendix E. Quaternions. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 510.148 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 510.148 Ma Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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