Significant Figures: The Lives and Work of Great Mathematicians
Written by Ian Stewart
Narrated by Roger Clark
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Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, Significant Figures will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and the author of the bestseller Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities. His recent books include Do Dice Play God?, Significant Figures, Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book is great. But this narrator pronounces it “Yooler” so… yeah theres that lol