Fibonacci's Rabbits: And 49 Other Breakthroughs that Revolutionised Mathematics
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🌍From Ancient Greece to modern times
📚176 pages of bite-sized math breakthroughs
🔢50 revolutionary mathematical discoveries
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Fibonacci's Rabbits: And 49 Other Breakthroughs that Revolutionised Mathematics is a 176-page paperback by Adam Hart-Davis that distills 50 key mathematical discoveries from Ancient Greece to the present day into accessible, engaging chapters. Ideal for professionals seeking to grasp complex ideas quickly, this popular science book bridges history and modern math with clarity and insight.
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 37 Reviews |
A**I
Excellent easy read of quite complex mathematical ideas
Excellent easy read of quite complex mathematical ideas
D**L
Are books not proof read before release anymore.
Excellent book but fell down on ARE TAXICAB NUMBERS DULL. Read and re-read the section over and over. The maths didn't add up. 1729 = 13 + 123 = 93 + 103. I'd read about the significance of the number 1729 but this didn't make sense. Then l realised it should have read 1^3 + 12^3 and 9^3 + 10^3. Publishers website no longer exists. Spoils what otherwise is an excellent book!
J**N
light read with errors
If you have little to no understanding of math then this is a good book for you as it goes over many complex concepts without using any equations and focusing mainly on the history of maths and the people who made the discoveries. However if you want more details then look elsewhere. There is even a blatantly wrong graph on page 82. The exponential graph does not give you 2.7 at x=1 after talking for so long about that number!
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