John H. Conway,
Richard Guy
Springer New York
1e druk, 1998
9780387979939
The Book of Numbers
Specificaties
Gebonden, 310 blz.
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Engels
Springer New York |
1e druk, 1998
ISBN13: 9780387979939
Rubricering
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
"...the great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching...You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow." -IAN STEWART, NEW SCIENTIST
"...a delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." -SCIENCE NEWS
"...a fun and fascinating tour of numerical topics and concepts. It will have readers contemplating ideas they might never have thought were understandable or even possible." -WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH
"This popularization of number theory looks like another classic." -LIBRARY JOURNAL
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780387979939
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:310
Uitgever:Springer New York
Druk:1
Inhoudsopgave
1. The Romance of Numbers
2. Figures from Figures Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry
3. What Comes Next?
4. Famous Families of Numbers
5. The Primacy of Primes
6. Further Fruitfulness of Fractions
7. Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers
8. Imagining Imaginary Numbers
9. Some Transcendental Numbers
10. Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers
2. Figures from Figures Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry
3. What Comes Next?
4. Famous Families of Numbers
5. The Primacy of Primes
6. Further Fruitfulness of Fractions
7. Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers
8. Imagining Imaginary Numbers
9. Some Transcendental Numbers
10. Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers