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A Wealth of Numbers
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface xiii
  4. 1. “Sports and Pastimes, Done by Number”: Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games 1
  5. 2. “Much Necessary for All States of Men”: From Arithmetic to Algebra 32
  6. 3. “A Goodly Struggle”: Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges 62
  7. 4. “Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion”: Geometry and Trigonometry 84
  8. 5. Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical Popularization 108
  9. 6. “To Ease and Expedite the Work”: Mathematical Instruments and How to Use Them 152
  10. 7. “How Fine a Mind”: Mathematicians Past 176
  11. 8. “By Plain and Practical Rules”: Mathematics at Work 216
  12. 9. “The Speedier Expedition of Their Learning”: Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Mathematics 245
  13. 10. “So Fundamentally Useful a Science”: Reflections on Mathematics and Its Place in the World 290
  14. 11. The Mathematicians Who Never Were: Fiction and Humor 326
  15. Index 367
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841981.326

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Preface xiii
  4. 1. “Sports and Pastimes, Done by Number”: Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games 1
  5. 2. “Much Necessary for All States of Men”: From Arithmetic to Algebra 32
  6. 3. “A Goodly Struggle”: Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges 62
  7. 4. “Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion”: Geometry and Trigonometry 84
  8. 5. Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical Popularization 108
  9. 6. “To Ease and Expedite the Work”: Mathematical Instruments and How to Use Them 152
  10. 7. “How Fine a Mind”: Mathematicians Past 176
  11. 8. “By Plain and Practical Rules”: Mathematics at Work 216
  12. 9. “The Speedier Expedition of Their Learning”: Thoughts on Teaching and Learning Mathematics 245
  13. 10. “So Fundamentally Useful a Science”: Reflections on Mathematics and Its Place in the World 290
  14. 11. The Mathematicians Who Never Were: Fiction and Humor 326
  15. Index 367
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