Tras "Las infinitas vidas de Euclides", Benjamin Wardhaugh nos invita a un apasionante viaje por la historia de los números para descubrir como los seres humanos hemos aprendido a contar. 1, 2, 3, 4…...

La apasionante historia de un libro que, a lo largo de dos mil trescientos años, consiguió moldear la ciencia, la filosofía, el arte, e incluso la literatura: los Elementos de Euclides. Sería difícil...

August, 1755. Newcastle, on the north bank of the Tyne. In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three...

‘An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ’ IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF...

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT CAN DO IT? WHERE DID COUNTING COME FROM? HOW HAS IT SHAPED SOCIETIES ALONG THE WAY? AND WHY DOES IT MATTER?...