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Clash of Symbols

A ride through the riches of glyphs
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
245 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am17.01.20181st ed. 2018
From the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other glyphs.mehr
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KlappentextFrom the ampersat and amerpsand, via smileys and runes to the ubiquitous presence of mathematical and other symbols in sciences and technology: both old and modern documents abound with many familiar as well as lesser known characters, symbols and other glyphs.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-319-71349-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum17.01.2018
Auflage1st ed. 2018
Seiten245 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht394 g
IllustrationenIX, 245 p. 45 illus.
Artikel-Nr.43814373

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction.- Character sketches.- Signs of the times.- Signs and wonders.- It´s Greek to me.- Meaningless marks on paper.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.mehr

Schlagworte

Autor

Since gaining a BSc in physics from the University of Bristol and a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Manchester, Stephen Webb has worked in a variety of universities in the UK. He is a regular contributor to the Yearbook of Astronomy series and has published an undergraduate textbook Measuring the Universe - The Cosmological Distance Ladder (1999) as well as several popular science books, among them  Out of this World - Colliding Universes, Branes, Strings, and Other Wild Ideas of Modern Physics in 2004, New Eyes on the Universe - Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them in 2012, and, in 2015, the second edition of If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY? Seventy-Five Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial , published as part of Springer´s Science and Fiction series.
His most recent book is All the Wonder that Would Be - Exploring Past Notions of the Future (2017), again published as part of Springer´s Science and Fiction series.