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★ How did mathematics evolve into the subject it is today? This engaging, comic-book-style world history of mathematics is specially crafted for young readers!
★ It transforms thousands of years of mathematical history into a series of easy-to-understand, delightfully entertaining stories and comics, turning mathematicians into cartoon characters and abstract concepts into fun, vivid illustrations. What could be a dry academic account becomes an exciting visual and intellectual adventure!
★ Discover how the ancient Egyptians used shadows to measure pyramids, join Pythagoras in unraveling the secrets of right triangles, race alongside Newton to grasp the concept of instantaneous velocity, and explore the mathematical allure of magic squares—from the Lo Shu square to the modern 3×3 grid. Mathematics isn’t a daunting challenge; it’s one of humanity’s most fascinating and playful intellectual games.
★ Open this book and ignite your child’s curiosity and love for mathematics!

When did humans first begin to count the objects around them? Why did they start observing the stars and developing calendars? What need gave rise to fractions and the concept of a circle’s circumference? Who conceived the idea of extracting square roots, and who was the first to calculate instantaneous velocity? And who, when, and why began to study mathematics in the first place? This book tells the history of this discipline in an engaging and delightfully entertaining manner—tracing its evolution from the invention of numbers to the emergence of imaginary numbers; from the construction of right triangles to the curved spaces of Lobachevsky and Riemann; and from star-gazing to the groundbreaking discoveries of Newton and Einstein. All of these milestones are presented as humorous, often whimsical, and sometimes downright baffling tales, in which mathematicians from different eras and cultures debate, conduct experiments, exchange jests, and even enjoy picnics together. From Egypt to China, from India to Greece, the history of mathematics spans continents and stretches over millennia.

[Author] Maria Stepanok
Illustrator, comic artist, and designer. She specializes in both traditional and digital media. Born in 1997, she graduated from the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry and earned a degree with honors from the Higher School of Economics’ Comics Design Department. Currently based in Moscow, she works as an artist. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and art festivals, including the MORS Art Festival, and was shortlisted for the longlist of the 2024 Dpictus Art Festival.