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A quick history of maths : from counting cavemen to computers / Clive Gifford and Michael Young.

A quick history of maths : from counting cavemen to computers / Clive Gifford and Michael Young.
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ISBN 9780711249011 (paperback)
Name Gifford, Clive author.
Title A quick history of maths : from counting cavemen to computers / Clive Gifford and Michael Young.
Published London : Wide Eyed Editions, 2020.
©2020
Description 127 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
Notes Includes index.
Summary Maths + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Maths. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool! You will discover: How to count on your fingers (there are more ways than you might think!) ; Why we have 60 seconds in a minute (hint: it's to do with the ancient Babylonians) ; How to count like an Egyptian (using hieroglyphs) ; Why it's hip to be square using square numbers... and much more. In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It's 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavour squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure. Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you'll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician.
Target audience note Primary school age.
Reading Program Note Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6.
Subjects Mathematics -- History -- Juvenile literature
Mathematics -- Juvenile literature
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6
Other Names Young, Michael illustrator.
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