Elements of Mathematics - From Euclid to Goedel - John Stillwell
\The coherence of mathematics is on display in this masterful, beautifully written synthesis. With probing questions, lucid explanations, and fascinating examples and stories, John Stillwell reveals where the seemingly separate branches of math came from, how they intertwine, and why the hidden unifier is the deepest idea of all: infinity.\--Steven Strogatz, Cornell University and author of The Joy of x\This is a beautifully written overview and excursion through elementary mathematics, written..
Elements of Mathematics - John Stillwell - Bog - Princeton University Press - Plusbog.dk
Elements of Mathematics takes readers on a fascinating tour that begins in elementary mathematics--but, as John Stillwell shows, this subject is not as elementary or straightforward as one might think. Not all topics that are part of today's elementary mathematics were always considered as such, and great mathematical advances and discoveries had t