| Publication |
London, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2009.
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| Description |
92pRed Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Tells the remarkable story of maths, from ancient mathmagicians to the world of modern science.
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| Contents |
The ancient world -
The daily planet
Moons and months
Seasons in the Sun
The right angles
Measuring the land
It's all Greek
A round world
Measuring the world
Why pi?
Building Rome
The art of building aqueducts
Why measure any body?
Night and day
Make a sundial/Make a star clock
Weighing up
The age of discovery -
What goes around what?
Galileo the Great
The gravity of the situation
Where on earth?
All at sea
Longitute
Mapping the world
Modern measuring -
Hot and cold
Measuring energy
Electricity
Light fantastic
Speed of light
Under pressure
Can you hear me?
The sound of music
Modern times
Disaster
Very big
Very small
Weird and wonderful
The metric system
Answers/Index/Credits
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| Standard Number |
9781405337274 Hb.
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