SecretNumbers

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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

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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