02531nam a22002897a 4500 20260226111032.0 260226b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780691201887 paperback HSLRC QA41.R65 2025 Rojas, Raúl, 1955- author. 61109 Lenguaje de las matemáticas. English The language of mathematics : the stories behind the symbols / Raúl Rojas ; translated by Eduardo Aparicio. First English edition. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025] xv, 258 pages illustrations ; 23 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes bibliographical references and index. "Galileo famously wrote that the book of nature is written in mathematical language. The Language of Mathematics is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated collection of short, colorful histories of the most commonly used symbols in mathematics, providing readers with an engaging introduction to the origins, evolution, and conceptual meaning of each one. In dozens of lively and informative entries, Raúl Rojas shows how today's mathematics stands on the shoulders of giants, mathematicians from around the world who developed mathematical notation through centuries of collective effort. He tells the stories of such figures as al-Khwarizmi, René Descartes, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Karl Weierstrass, Sofia Kovalevskaya, David Hilbert, and Kenneth Iverson. Topics range from numbers and variables to sets and functions, constants, and combinatorics. Rojas describes the mathematical problems associated with different symbols and reveals how mathematical notation has sometimes been an accidental process. The entries are self-contained and can be read in any order, each one examining one or two symbols, their history, and the variants they may have had over time. An essential companion for math enthusiasts, The Language of Mathematics shows how mathematics is a living and evolving entity, forever searching for the best symbolism to express relationships between abstract concepts and to convey meaning"-- Provided by publisher. Mathematical notation. 61110 Mathematical notation History. 61111 Mathematics History. 61112 Aparicio, Eduardo, translator. 61113 lcc BK 98894 98894 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC HSLRC HSLRC CIR 2026-02-26 Sketchbook/Fullybooked 0 QA 41 .R65 2025 HS14790 2026-02-26 00:00:00 1 2026-02-26 BK