LEADER 05537nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910462089903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49430-1 010 $a9786613589538 010 $a1-4008-4198-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400841981 035 $a(CKB)2670000000161770 035 $a(EBL)878310 035 $a(OCoLC)782925095 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000623594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444913 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000623594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10667371 035 $a(PQKB)10803666 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC878310 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37016 035 $a(DE-B1597)447727 035 $a(OCoLC)973400005 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400841981 035 $a(PPN)17024881X 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL878310 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10546025 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358953 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000161770 100 $a20110928d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 02$aA wealth of numbers$b[electronic resource] $ean anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing /$f[edited by] Benjamin Wardhaugh 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (389 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14775-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; 1 ""Sports and Pastimes, Done by Number"": Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games; The Well Spring of Sciences: Humfrey Baker, 1564; Mathematical Recreations: Henry van Etten, 1633; ""How Prodigiously Numbers Do Increase"": William Leybourne, 1667; Profitable and Delightful Problems: Jacques Ozanam, 1708; Lotteries and Mountebanks: L. Despiau, 1801; Dodging the Mastodon and the Plesiosaurus: Henry Ernest Dudeney, 1917; ""Plenty of Interesting Things to Be Discovered"": NRICH, 1998-2004; 2 ""Much Necessary for All States of Men"": From Arithmetic to Algebra 327 $aAddition and Subtraction: Robert Recorde, 1543Multiplication and Division: Thomas Masterson, 1592; Reducing Fractions: John Tapp, 1621; Decimal Fractions: Edward Hatton, 1695; Extracting Square Roots: William Banson, 1760; The Rule of Three: Wardhaugh Thompson, 1771; The Rule of Three, in Verse: Nathan Withy, 1792; ""The First Analysts"": Joseph Fenn, 1775; Quadratic Equations: The Popular Educator, 1855; Cubic Equations for the Practical Man: J. E. Thompson, 1931; 3 ""A Goodly Struggle"": Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges; The Ladies' Diary: 1798; The Girl's Own Book: Lydia Marie Child, 1835 327 $aThe Boy's Own Magazine: 1855""The Analyst"": 1874; Can You Solve It?: Arthur Hirschberg, 1926; Mathematical Challenges: 1989; 4 ""Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion"": Geometry and Trigonometry; Points and Lines: Robert Recorde, 1551; Squares and Triangles: Thomas Rudd, 1650; Pythagoras's Theorem: Edmund Scarburgh, 1705; Trigonometrical Definitions: Edward Wells, 1714; The Resolution of Triangles: Hugh Worthington, 1780; Introduction to Spherical Geometry: Horatio Nelson Robinson, 1854; Napier's Rules: Alan Clive Gardner, 1956 327 $a5 Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical PopularizationThe Athenian Mercury: 1691-1697; Newton for the Ladies: Francesco Algarotti, 1739; Maps and Mazes: W. W. Rouse Ball, 1892; ""Einstein's Real Achievement"": Oliver Lodge, 1921; Riddles in Mathematics: Eugene P. Northrop, 1945; Fermat's Last Theorem: Hans Rademacher and Otto Toeplitz, 1957; Where Does It End?: Dan Pedoe, 1958; Yama?ta?ra?jabha?nasalaga?m: Sherman K. Stein, 1963; Saddles and Soap Bubbles: Iakov Isaevich Khurgin, 1974; ""The Monster"" Unveiled: The Times, 1980 327 $a6 ""To Ease and Expedite the Work"": Mathematical Instruments and How to Use Them""Cards for the Sea"": Marti?n Corte?s, 1561; Making a Horizontal Sundial: Thomas Fale, 1593; Speaking-Rods: Seth Partridge, 1648; Telescopes Refracting and Reflecting: The Juvenile Encyclopedia, 1800-1801; Scales Simple and Diagonal: J. F. Heather, 1888; Making a Star Clock: Roy Worvill, 1974; PC Astronomy: Peter Duffet-Smith, 1997; 7 ""How Fine a Mind"": Mathematicians Past; The Labyrinth and Abyss of Infinity: Voltaire, 1733; ""It Must Have Commenced with Mankind"": Charles Hutton, 1796 327 $aKepler's Astronomical Publications: Robert Small, 1804 330 $a Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, A Wealth of Numbers includes recreational, classroom, and work mathematics; 606 $aMathematics 606 $aMathematics$xPopular works$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMathematics. 615 0$aMathematics$xPopular works$xHistory. 676 $a500.9 701 $aWardhaugh$b Benjamin$f1979-$0868966 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462089903321 996 $aA wealth of numbers$92492946 997 $aUNINA