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
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p020 Chapter 2 - The Turtle and the Emperor
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p042 Chapter 3 - A Town Called Alex
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p057 Chapter 4 - The Dawn of Time
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p072 Chapter 5 - On the Origin(s) of Zero
p089 Chapter 6 - The House of Wisdom
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
p208 Chapter 13 - ∞
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p221 Chapter 14 - Mapping the Stars
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
p285 Index