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- Book Synopsis
- 'Here is the story of algebra.' With this deceptively simple introduction, Unknown Quantity opens, thirty-eight centuries ago, at the time of Abraham and Isaac. In stylish and accessible prose, Derbyshire shows how the invention of algebra was more than the beginning of a specific discipline of mathematics; it was also the birth of a new way of thinking that altered, forever, the ways in which we see and understand our world.
- About The Author
- JOHN DERBYSHIRE was born in Northampton, England and educated at London University. After some years of working in several countries as a teacher and computer programmer, he took up full-time writing in 2001. He has a regular column in National Review magazine, and contributes as a commentator and book reviewer to many other publications. His website is: www.johnderbyshire.com John Derbyshire lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife and two children.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781843545705
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books, (01 August 2008)
- Number of Pages
- 384
- Weight
- 313 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 199 x 129 x 29 mm
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