{"product_id":"significant-figures","title":"Significant Figures","description":"\u003cb\u003eA celebrated mathematician traces the history of math through the lives and work of twenty-five pioneering mathematicians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In\u003ci\u003e Significant Figures,\u003c\/i\u003e acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart explores the work of 25 of history's most important mathematicians, showing how they developed on each other's work and built the mathematics we use today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through these short biographies, we get acquainted with the history of mathematics from Archimedes to William Thurston, and learn about those too often left out of the cannon, such as Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, the creator of algebra; Ada Lovelace, the world's first computer programmer; and Emmy Noether, whose research on symmetry paved the way for modern physics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tracing the evolution of mathematics over the course of two millennia, \u003ci\u003eSignificant Figures\u003c\/i\u003e will educate and delight aspiring mathematicians and experts alike.","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41515506794674,"sku":"9780465096121","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_0a6714e6-75a0-43a4-812e-bdd5ae703374.jpg?v=1772212241","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/significant-figures","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}