Quite Right The Story of Mathematics, Measurement and Money 1st Edition by Norman Biggs ISBN 0198753357 978-0198753353

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ISBN 10: 0198753357 

ISBN 13: 978-0198753353

Author:  Norman Biggs 

 Mathematics didn’t spring spontaneously to life, rules and definitions set in stone for all time. Its progress story has rich connections with measurement and money that have often shaped its development and driven its progress, a process that continues to this day. Quite Right explains how simple mathematical ideas have evolved all the way from prehistoric times so that they pervade almost every aspect of life in the 21st century.
Most histories of mathematics look at the narrow role of professional mathematicians through the ages. Professor Biggs’ sweeping tale is far wider. Making use of new discoveries of artefacts and documents, he reveals the part that mathematics has played in the human story and reflects on the nature of mathematics itself. The story reveals the power and beauty of mathematical concepts, which often belie their utilitarian origins. The twin paradigms of logical justification and algorithmic calculation recur throughout the book. Another theme is the relationship between mathematics and measurement of all kinds. No other book covers money and measurement in this way.

Table of contents: 

1. The Unwritten Story

2. The Dawn of Civilization

3. From Tax and Trade to Theorems

4. The Age of Algorithms

5. The End of the Middle Ages

6. A New World of Mathematics

7. Mathematics Ascending

8. Taking a Chance

9. Modelling and Measuring

10. Mathematics and Money in the Age of Information

11. Can Mathematics Keep Us Safe?

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