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Ian Stewart: Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics from the First Numbers to Chaos Theory

Published 2008, Quercus.

ISBN 978-1-84724-768-1

Contents

Preface

1. Tokens, Tallies and Tablets

2. The Logic of Shape

3. Notations and Numbers

4. Lure of the Unknown

5. Eternal Triangles

6. Curves and Coordinates

7. Patterns in Numbers

8. The System of the World

9. Patterns in Nature

10. Impossible Quantities

11. Firm Foundations

12. Impossible Triangles

13. The Rise of Symmetry

14. Algebra Comes of Age

15. Rubber Sheet Geometry

16. The Fourth Dimension

17. The Shape of Logic

18. How Likely is That?

19. Number Crunching

Further Reading

Index