Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs by Richard Elwes

Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs by Richard Elwes

Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs presents a series of essays explaining the fundamentals of the most important maths concepts you really need to know. Richard Elwes profiles the groundbreaking and front-of-mind discoveries that have had a profound influence on our way of life and understanding. From the origins of counting some 35,000 years ago, right up to the very latest breakthroughs - such as Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem and Cook & Wolfram's Rule 110 - Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs tells a story of discovery, invention, painstaking progress and inspired leaps of the imagination.

Dr Richard Elwes is a writer, teacher and researcher in Mathematics and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Leeds. He contributes to New Scientist and Plus Magazine and publishes research on model theory. Dr Elwes is a committed popularizer of mathematics, on which he speaks regularly at public lectures and on radio. He lives in Leeds.

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ISBN 13	9781780873220
ISBN 10	1780873220
Title	Maths in 100 Key Breakthroughs
Author	Richard Elwes
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quercus Publishing
Year published	2013-08-29
Number of pages	416
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