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The Book of Numbers John H. Conway

The Book of Numbers par John H. Conway

The Book of Numbers John H. Conway


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Résumé

...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 Résumé

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

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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

Sommaire

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

Informations supplémentaires

GOR012921858
9780387979939
038797993X
The Book of Numbers John H. Conway
Occasion - Comme neuf
Relié
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
1998-03-16
310
N/A
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