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A celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians. In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history.
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- Author
- Ian Stewart
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 305
- Publisher
- Zahar, Alfa Basim Yayim Dagitim, Basic Books
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- tur, English, Italian, German
- ISBN
- 9788806238162
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Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS CMath FIMA is a British mathematician and a popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick, England. *--Wikipedia*
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