The Book of Numbers John H. Conway

Name: The Book of Numbers von John H. Conway
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The Book of Numbers John H. Conway

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Zusammenfassung

...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. -IAN STEWART, NEW SCIENTIST
...a delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination.

The Book of Numbers Zusammenfassung

The Book of Numbers John H. Conway

...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

The Book of Numbers Bewertungen

From the reviews:

This is a really fascinating book either to read or to browse in, or for reference - there is a good index, and I can strongly recommend it - it should be in every school and college library! The Mathematical Gazette

... A delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination. Science News

... 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. New Scientist

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR012921858

ISBN 13

9780387979939

ISBN 10

038797993X

Titel

The Book of Numbers John H. Conway

Autor

John H. Conway

Zustand

Gebraucht - Wie Neu

Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Datum

1998-03-16

Anzahl der Seiten

310

Preise

N/A

Begleitschreiben

Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.

Hinweis

Das Buch wurde gelesen, ist aber in gutem Zustand. Alle Seiten sind intakt, der Einband ist unversehrt. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Buchrücken. Das Buch wurde gelesen, sieht jedoch noch wie neu aus. Der Bucheinband weist keine sichtbaren Gebrauchsspuren auf. Gegebenenfalls ist auch ein Schutzumschlag verfügbar. Keine fehlenden oder beschädigten Seiten, keine Risse, eventuell minimale Knicke, keine unterstrichenen oder markierten Textstellen, keine beschrifteten Ränder.