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| Title Statement | The secret lives of numbers: a hidden history of math's unsung trailblazers / Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell. |
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| Author | Kitagawa, Kate |
| Additional Contributors | Revell, Timothy |
| Publication | New York: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,[2023]©2023 |
| Edition | First US edition. |
| Extent of Item | x, 310 pages |
| ISBN | 9780063206052 (hardcover) |
| Other Number | pr06883776 |
| General Notes | "Published in the United Kingdom in 2023 by Viking"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary | "Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong -- warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know"--Dust jacket flap. |
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| By Topic | Mathematicians |
| Mathematics--History | |
