Joseph Mazur Enlightening symbols

a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers

Numerals. Curious beginnings ; Certain ancient number systems ; Silk and Royal roads ; The Indian gift ; Arrival in Europe ; The Arab gift ; Liber abbaci ; Refuting origins -- Algebra. Sans symbols ; Diophantus's Arithmetica ; The great art ; Symbol infancy ; The timid symbol ; Hierarchies of dignity ; Vowels and consonants ; The explosion ; A catalogue of symbols ; The symbol master ; The last of the magicians -- The power of symbols. Rendezvous in the mind ; The good symbol ; Invisible gorillas...

Engels | 285 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton | 2014

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Joseph Mazur What's luck got to do with it?

the history, mathematics, and psychology behind the gambler's illusion

Engels | 277 pagina's | Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ [etc.] | 2010

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Joseph Mazur Euclid in the rainforest

discovering universal truth in logic and math

Engels | 334 pagina's | Pi Press, New York | 2005

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