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 .'''p001 Prelude'''

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 .'''p007 Chapter 1 - In the Beginning'''

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 .'''p020 Chapter 2 - The Turtle and the Emperor'''
 .p031 I Ching inspired Leibniz binary math
 .p039 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humblebrag | humblebrag ]]

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 .'''p042 Chapter 3 - A Town Called Alex'''
 .p046 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandrosion | Pandrosion ]] 4th century female mathematician in Alexandria
 .p047 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubling_the_cube | Doubling the cube ]] impossible with straightedge and compass
 .p047 Difference between theorem and proof, earliest recorded case of [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining | mansplaining ]]
 .p048 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipparchia_of_Maroneia | Hipparchia ]]
 .p049 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theon_of_Alexandria | Theon ]] to daughter Hipparchia: "Reserve your right to think. For even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.

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 .'''p057 Chapter 4 - The Dawn of Time'''
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 .'''p072 Chapter 5 - On the Origin(s) of Zero'''

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 .'''p089 Chapter 6 - The House of Wisdom'''

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 .'''p103 Chapter 7 - The Impossible Dream'''
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 .'''p118 Chapter 8 - The (First) Calculus Pioneers'''
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 .'''p139 Chapter 9 - Newtonianism for Ladies'''
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 .'''p157 Chapter 10 - A Grand Synthesis'''
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 .'''p171 Chapter 11 - The Mathematical Mermaid'''
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 .'''p190 Chapter 12 - Revolutions'''

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 .'''p208 Chapter 13 - ∞'''
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 .'''p221 Chapter 14 - Mapping the Stars'''

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 .'''p234 Chapter 15 - Number Crunching'''
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 .'''p253 Epilogue'''
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 .''p263 Acknowledgements''
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 .''p265 Notes''
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 .''p273 Further Readings'''

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 .''p285 Index''

The Secret Lives of Numbers

A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers

  • Kate Kitagawa & Timothy Revell . 2024 . 510.9 KITAGAWA . Hillsboro Library


  • p001 Prelude


  • p007 Chapter 1 - In the Beginning


  • p020 Chapter 2 - The Turtle and the Emperor

  • p031 I Ching inspired Leibniz binary math
  • p039 humblebrag


  • p042 Chapter 3 - A Town Called Alex

  • p046 Pandrosion 4th century female mathematician in Alexandria

  • p047 Doubling the cube impossible with straightedge and compass

  • p047 Difference between theorem and proof, earliest recorded case of mansplaining

  • p048 Hipparchia

  • p049 Theon to daughter Hipparchia: "Reserve your right to think. For even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.


  • p057 Chapter 4 - The Dawn of Time

  • p060

  • p060


  • p072 Chapter 5 - On the Origin(s) of Zero


  • p089 Chapter 6 - The House of Wisdom


  • p103 Chapter 7 - The Impossible Dream

  • p109

  • p111

  • p111

  • p115

  • p115

  • p117

  • p117


  • p118 Chapter 8 - The (First) Calculus Pioneers

  • p133

  • p138


  • p139 Chapter 9 - Newtonianism for Ladies

  • p146

  • p146

  • p147

  • p149

  • p151


  • p157 Chapter 10 - A Grand Synthesis

  • p158


  • p171 Chapter 11 - The Mathematical Mermaid

  • p171

  • p187


  • p190 Chapter 12 - Revolutions


  • p208 Chapter 13 - ∞

  • p217


  • p221 Chapter 14 - Mapping the Stars


  • p234 Chapter 15 - Number Crunching

  • p244

  • p247

  • p249


  • p253 Epilogue

  • p257

  • p257

  • p259

  • p259

  • p261

  • p261

  • p261

  • p262


  • p263 Acknowledgements

  • p263

  • p264


  • p265 Notes

  • p271


  • p273 Further Readings


  • p285 Index

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