It all begins with a question and mine was:
How did numbers come to be?
What gave birth to this simple but fascinating subject, mathematics?
When did it all begin?
Tales from
The History of Mathematics
(Inspiring Tales of Heroes & Zeroes)
Do you know how mathematics came to be? Numbers, shapes, lines, equations: you either love them or you hate them; but do you know the story behind these? How did we go from lines on a piece of bark to million-row matrices that can only be processed by supercomputers?
Mathematics is the foundation on which technology has been built and advanced over the years. The contributions to this growth have come from all over the world and India has been at the forefront of mathematical progress, with its discovery of zero and the modern decimal number system.
Tales from The History of Mathematics bring to life this journey through the evolution of the art and science of Mathematics, both in India and the western world, with a fascinating blend of fact and anecdote.
Winner, Best Book of 2019,
Children’s Category,
Valley of Words International Literature Festival 2019
Tales from The History of Mathematics won the Best Book in Children’s Category award at The Valley of Words International Literature Festival 2019. Here is my interview on their website.
What Readers Are Saying (on Amazon)
“The stories are crisp, well-researched, and enriching, and I was left asking for more by the end of it. It is a challenging job to cover the huge spectrum of Mathematics in a single book, but I liked the author's picks in this one and hope to see sequels in the future.”
— Anupama Dalmia
“The language is simplistic and the story-telling fun. My favourite part after reading each story was the factual information given in the 'Know More' section that added to the intrigue of the fictional story while also demystifying the subject of Math.”
— Piyusha Vir
“To make a dry subject like mathematics enjoyable is a huge task which the author has very well accomplished.”
— Kavita R
“Another defining feature of the book is how the author has described famous mathematicians.”
— Ilika Trivedi
“Great, well structured and simply written”
— Jerremee
