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296 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616147471
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication date: 13 August 2013
Description
Two veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our understanding of mathematics' key concepts. In the nineteenth century, English mathematician William Shanks spent fifteen years calculating th...
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296 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616147471
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication date: 13 August 2013
Description
Two veteran math educators demonstrate how some "magnificent mistakes" had profound consequences for our understanding of mathematics' key concepts. In the nineteenth century, English mathematician William Shanks spent fifteen years calculating th...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings