{"product_id":"9780387974972","title":"Graduate Texts in Mathematics","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGraduate Texts in Mathematics\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEbbinghaus, Heinz-Dieter; Ewing, John H.; Lamotke, K.; Orde, H.L.S.; Hermes, Hans; Hirzebruch, Friedrich; Koecher, Max; Mainzer, Klaus; Neukirch, Jürgen; Prestel, Alexander; Remmert, Reinhold\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eA book about numbers sounds rather dull. This one is not. Instead it is a lively story about one thread of mathematics-the concept of \"number\"­ told by eight authors and organized into a historical narrative that leads the reader from ancient Egypt to the late twentieth century. It is a story that begins with some of the simplest ideas of mathematics and ends with some of the most complex. It is a story that mathematicians, both amateur and professional, ought to know. Why write about numbers? Mathematicians have always found it diffi­ cult to develop broad perspective about their subject. While we each view our specialty as having roots in the past, and sometimes having connec­ tions to other specialties in the present, we seldom see the panorama of mathematical development over thousands of years. Numbers attempts to give that broad perspective, from hieroglyphs to K-theory, from Dedekind cuts to nonstandard analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1990-12-19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780387974972\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4612-1005-4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 398\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer New York","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499565150348,"sku":"9780387974972","price":80.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780387974972.jpg?v=1775711755","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780387974972","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}