Quick Histories – serie
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Quick History of Maths
From Counting Cavemen to Big Data
E-bok, 2020
116 kr
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Maths + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Maths.This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and …
Quick History of the Universe
From the Big Bang to Just Now
E-bok, 2020
118 kr
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Strap in for a rip-roaring ride through the history of the universe, starting with the Big Bang, and bringing us right up to present day.What was the universe like when it was a few seconds old? How had it changed by its millionth birthday? And when did time even start, for that matter?!The story …
Quick History of Politics
From Pharaohs to Fair Votes
E-bok, 2021
118 kr
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How did ancient people make decisions? How do the people in power stay in power? Why did Karl Marx have to go without trousers? A Quick History of Politics answers these questions and more, taking a ride through time from plutocrats to people power. What do you think of when you hear ‘politics’? Is …
