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How Numbers Work: Discover the Strange and Beautiful World of Mathematics
Contributor(s): New Scientist (Author)

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 ISBN: 1473670357     ISBN-13: 9781473670358
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
OUR PRICE: $16.11  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Mathematics | Essays
- Mathematics | History & Philosophy
Dewey: 510
Series: Instant Expert
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 8.4" L (0.45 lbs) 224 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
 
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Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself


Think of a number between one and ten...

No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possible?). And then there are the negative numbers, the imaginary numbers, the irrational numbers like pi which never end. It literally never ends.

The world of numbers is indeed strange and beautiful. Among its inhabitants are some really notable characters - pi, e, the square root of minus two and the famous golden ratio to name just a few. Prime numbers occupy a special status. Zero is very odd indeed. And even some apparently common-or-garden integers such as 37 have special properties.

How Numbers Work takes a tour of this mind-blowing but beautiful world of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Find out mathematicians' favourite numbers, and the ones they are afraid of (spoiler: it isn't 13). Take a crash course in the biggest unsolved problems that keep mathematicians up at night. And learn some amazing mathematical tricks that will keep you amused for hours.

 
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