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245 02 A wealth of numbers :|ban anthology of 500 years of 
       popular mathematics writing /|c[edited by] Benjamin 
       Wardhaugh. 
264  1 Princeton :|bPrinceton University Press,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    1 online resource 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 ""Sports and Pastimes, Done by
       Number"": Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games; The 
       Well Spring of Sciences: Humfrey Baker, 1564; Mathematical
       Recreations: Henry van Etten, 1633; ""How Prodigiously 
       Numbers Do Increase"": William Leybourne, 1667; Profitable
       and Delightful Problems: Jacques Ozanam, 1708; Lotteries 
       and Mountebanks: L. Despiau, 1801; Dodging the Mastodon 
       and the Plesiosaurus: Henry Ernest Dudeney, 1917; ""Plenty
       of Interesting Things to Be Discovered"": NRICH, 1998-
       2004; 2 ""Much Necessary for All States of Men"": From 
       Arithmetic to Algebra. 
505 8  Addition and Subtraction: Robert Recorde, 
       1543Multiplication and Division: Thomas Masterson, 1592; 
       Reducing Fractions: John Tapp, 1621; Decimal Fractions: 
       Edward Hatton, 1695; Extracting Square Roots: William 
       Banson, 1760; The Rule of Three: Wardhaugh Thompson, 1771;
       The Rule of Three, in Verse: Nathan Withy, 1792; ""The 
       First Analysts"": Joseph Fenn, 1775; Quadratic Equations: 
       The Popular Educator, 1855; Cubic Equations for the 
       Practical Man: J.E. Thompson, 1931; 3 ""A Goodly 
       Struggle"": Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges; The Ladies'
       Diary: 1798; The Girl's Own Book: Lydia Marie Child, 1835.
505 8  The Boy's Own Magazine: 1855""The Analyst"": 1874; Can You
       Solve It?: Arthur Hirschberg, 1926; Mathematical 
       Challenges: 1989; 4 ""Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion"":
       Geometry and Trigonometry; Points and Lines: Robert 
       Recorde, 1551; Squares and Triangles: Thomas Rudd, 1650; 
       Pythagoras's Theorem: Edmund Scarburgh, 1705; 
       Trigonometrical Definitions: Edward Wells, 1714; The 
       Resolution of Triangles: Hugh Worthington, 1780; 
       Introduction to Spherical Geometry: Horatio Nelson 
       Robinson, 1854; Napier's Rules: Alan Clive Gardner, 1956. 
505 8  5 Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical 
       PopularizationThe Athenian Mercury: 1691-1697; Newton for 
       the Ladies: Francesco Algarotti, 1739; Maps and Mazes: 
       W.W. Rouse Ball, 1892; ""Einstein's Real Achievement"": 
       Oliver Lodge, 1921; Riddles in Mathematics: Eugene P. 
       Northrop, 1945; Fermat's Last Theorem: Hans Rademacher and
       Otto Toeplitz, 1957; Where Does It End?: Dan Pedoe, 1958; 
       Yamátárájabhánasalagám: Sherman K. Stein, 1963; Saddles 
       and Soap Bubbles: Iakov Isaevich Khurgin, 1974; ""The 
       Monster"" Unveiled: The Times, 1980. 
505 8  6 ""To Ease and Expedite the Work"": Mathematical 
       Instruments and How to Use Them""Cards for the Sea"": 
       Martín Cortés, 1561; Making a Horizontal Sundial: Thomas 
       Fale, 1593; Speaking-Rods: Seth Partridge, 1648; 
       Telescopes Refracting and Reflecting: The Juvenile 
       Encyclopedia, 1800-1801; Scales Simple and Diagonal: J.F. 
       Heather, 1888; Making a Star Clock: Roy Worvill, 1974; PC 
       Astronomy: Peter Duffet-Smith, 1997; 7 ""How Fine a Mind""
       : Mathematicians Past; The Labyrinth and Abyss of Infinity
       : Voltaire, 1733; ""It Must Have Commenced with Mankind"":
       Charles Hutton, 1796. 
520    Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics
       writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact, it has 
       a rich tradition stretching back hundreds of years. This 
       entertaining and enlightening anthology--the first of its 
       kind--gathers nearly one hundred fascinating selections 
       from the past 500 years of popular math writing, bringing 
       to life a little-known side of math history. Ranging from 
       the late fifteenth to the late twentieth century, and 
       drawing from books, newspapers, magazines, and websites, A
       Wealth of Numbers includes recreational, classroom, and 
       work mathematics. 
588 0  Print version record. 
650  0 Mathematics. 
650  0 Mathematics|xHistory|vProblems, exercises, etc. 
650  7 SCIENCE|xEssays.|2bisacsh 
650  7 SCIENCE|xReference.|2bisacsh 
650  7 MATHEMATICS|xEssays.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Mathematics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01012163 
650  7 Mathematics / History / Problems, exercises, etc.|2local 
655  0 Electronic books. 
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