Historia del cálculo

Did you know that the first adding machine is not Pascal's? Did the Romans know the number 0? What is the difference between digital and analog calculating machines? How does an astrolabe work? Since ancient times, mathematics has been the fundamental basis on which life is built. In this discipline, calculus is one of the most important instruments used by man to solve mathematical enigmas, but today it is much more than that, since it forms the set of operations that allow us to predict the result of a preconceived activity or action. . In other words: everything that surrounds us has been, to a greater or lesser extent, subjected to calculation; hence its relevance in our lives. From the scratches in the sand or the pebbles of ancient times to today's computers, the tools that help us calculate have not stopped advancing, becoming more and more useful and complex. But do we really know the vast variety of devices that have been built for calculating throughout history? This book offers the reader a fascinating journey through the mathematical universe and its most famous authors, to enter, specifically, in the world of calculation, whose history is not without adventures and curiosities.