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One, Two, Three

Name: One, Two, Three
ISBN: 9781400079100

Absolutely Elementary Mathematics

David Berlinski

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 1, 2012

Reading lane: Teaching Math

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Numbers, Unpacked

A lively tour of foundational mathematics finds intricacy in ideas that look deceptively simple.

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Fresh perspective on numbers, arithmetic, geometry, and logic
Historical anecdotes about fascinating mathematicians

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Big questions made approachable without pretending they’re simple
Mathematical ideas treated with curiosity and a sense of beauty

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Authors: David Berlinski
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: May 1, 2012
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Teaching Math · Abstract Algebra
Reading lane: Teaching Math

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Teaching Math
MATHEMATICS / Arithmetic
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The acclaimed author of A Tour of the Calculus and The Infinite Ascent offers an enlightening and enthralling tour of the basics of mathematics, and reveals a world of fascination in fundamental mathematical ideas. One, Two, Three is David Berlinski’s captivating exploration of the foundation of mathematics, its fundamental ideas, and why they matter. By unraveling the complex answers to these most elementary questions—What is a number? How do addition, subtraction, and other functions actually work? What are geometry and logic?—Berlinski reveals the intricacy behind their seemingly simple exteriors. Peppered with enlightening historical anecdotes and asides on some of history’s most fascinating mathematicians, One, Two, Three, revels in the beauty of numbers as Berlinski shows us how and why these often slippery concepts are as essential to the field of mathematics as to who we are.