{"product_id":"the-secret-lives-of-numbers-a-hidden-history-of-maths-unsung-trailblazers-9780063206052","title":"The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Hidden History of Math's Unsung Trailblazers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents and thousands of years of untold stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A book to make you love math.\" --\u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong--warped like the sixteenth-century map that enlarged Europe at the expense of Africa, Asia and the Americas. In \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e, renowned math historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell make the case that the history of math is infinitely deeper, broader, and richer than the narrative we think we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur story takes us from Hypatia, the first great female mathematician, whose ideas revolutionized geometry and who was killed for them--to Karen Uhlenbeck, the first woman to win the Abel Prize, \"math's Nobel.\" Along the way we travel the globe to meet the brilliant Arabic scholars of the \"House of Wisdom,\" a math temple whose destruction in the Siege of Baghdad in the thirteenth century was a loss arguably on par with that of the Library of Alexandria; Madhava of Sangamagrama, the fourteenth-century Indian genius who uncovered the central tenets of calculus 300 years before Isaac Newton was born; and the Black mathematicians of the Civil Rights era, who played a significant role in dismantling early data-based methods of racial discrimination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering thousands of years, six continents, and just about every mathematical discipline, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Lives of Numbers\u003c\/em\u003e is an immensely compelling narrative history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Kitagawa, Timothy Revell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063206052\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevell, Timothy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Revell \u003c\/strong\u003eis a science journalist and lapsed mathematician who is currently Executive Editor at \u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e. He appears regularly on the BBC radio show \u003cem\u003eThe Naked Scientists\u003c\/em\u003e, answering listener questions about mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKitagawa, Kate:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKate Kitagawa \u003c\/strong\u003eis one of the world's leading experts on the history of mathematics. She earned a Ph.D. from Princeton University, taught history at Harvard University, and has conducted research in the UK, Germany, and South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43759332360307,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b47f56d6-b71e-4af3-90fb-1bc140d087a7.jpg?v=1756811329","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-secret-lives-of-numbers-a-hidden-history-of-maths-unsung-trailblazers-9780063206052","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}