David Acheson (Emeritus Fellow, Jesus College, University of Oxford

Gebundenes Buch

The Calculus Story

A Mathematical Adventure

Beschreibung

Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. David Acheson charts the historical development of calculus and takes readers through the basic ideas, step by step.

Autor

David Acheson is a British applied mathematician, best known for his popular maths book 1089 and All That (OUP, 2010), which has been translated into 11 languages. He is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and was Oxford University's first winner of a National Teaching Fellowship, in 2004. He was President of the Mathematical Association for 2010-11, and now lectures widely on mathematics to young people and the general public. In 2013, David Acheson was awarded an Honorary D.Sc by the University of East Anglia for his outstanding work in the popularisation of mathematics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 139mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9780198804543
• ISBN-10: 0198804547
• Artikelnr.: 48023239