When and why did humans start counting the objects around them? Or observing the stars and creating calendars? Why did they need fractions and the circumference of a circle? Whose idea was it to find the square root of two or calculate instantaneous velocity? And in general, who started doing mathematics, when, and why? This book tells the story of this science in a fascinating and witty way — from the creation of numbers to the invention of imaginary numbers, from constructing right-angled triangles to the curved spaces of Lobachevsky and Riemann, from observing constellations to the discoveries of Newton and Einstein. And all of this is presented in the form of funny and sometimes incredible stories where mathematicians from different eras and countries argue with each other.
Author: Maria Stepanok
Pages: 88 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 290x220x15 mm
Collection: Comics by "Peshkom v Istoriyu" publishing house
