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Traversing mathematical history and the foundations of numerals in different cultures, Mazur looks at how historians have disagreed over the origins of the numerical system for the past two centuries. He follows the transfigurations of algebra from a rhetorical style to a symbolic one, demonstrating that most algebra before the sixteenth century was written in prose or in verse employing the written names of numerals. Mazur also investigates the subconscious and psychological effects that mathematical symbols have had on mathematical thought, moods, meaning, communication, and comprehension. He considers how these symbols influence us (through similarity, association, identity, resemblance, and repeated imagery), how they lead to new ideas by subconscious associations, how they make connections between experience and the unknown, and how they contribute to the communication of basic mathematics.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Mathematics & science Science: general issues Popular science

• Full title: Enlightening Symbols
• Author: Jospeh Mazur
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9780691173375
• ISBN: 9780691173375
• ID: 10915925
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 454 g
• Dimensions: 156 × 235 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 06. December 2016

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