| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Map of Wales -- 1 Think of a number -- 2 From Môn across the Menai -- 3 How I wish I could calculate pi -- 4 Chance and circumstance -- 5 Building bridges -- 6 A giant among pygmies -- 7 What is the title of this chapter? -- 8 Mathematics for the million -- 9 Whence then cometh wisdom? -- 10 Clearing the bottleneck -- 11 Precise imprecision -- 12 Go for gold -- Conclusion -- Answers to puzzles -- Notes on chapters |
| Summary |
A popular and readable book about the history of mathematicians in Wales, appealing to a wide audience - including those who may think of maths as something alien that doesn't really belong to them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mathematicians -- Wales.
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Mathematics -- Wales -- History.
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Mathematicians |
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Mathematics |
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Wales |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History
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| ISBN |
1786839172 |
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1786839180 |
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9781786839176 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786839183 9781786839169 (pbk.) (e-book) |
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