An innovative, completely accessible, and radically inclusive history of mathematics. The science of mathematics shapes almost everything in our lives. However, despite its reputation as a study of fundamental truths, the stories we have heard about it are wrong. In the book "The Secret Lives of Numbers," historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell present the mathematicians who have been erased from history due to race, gender, or nationality. From the brilliant Arab scholars of the 9th century to the pioneering African American mathematicians of the 20th century and the "women computers" around the world who revolutionized our understanding of the night sky, we meet these fascinating forerunners and see how they contributed to today's global knowledge. This innovative, accessible, and radically inclusive history of mathematics is as entertaining as it is significant.

Pages: 320, Dimensions: 13x13cm