A Mathematical Odyssey

Description:

Krantz and Parks endeavor to tell the story of the modern impact of mathematics, of its trials and triumphs and insights. They examine how mathematics has shaped human thought over the centuries, and attempt to show you that how it affects the financial world, relativity theory, and the computer coding and encryption that keep the Internet running.

subjects: Mathematics,  Popular works,  History,  Mathematics, history,  Science (General),  History of Mathematical Sciences,  Popular Science, general,  Applications of Mathematics