Numericon
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- Synopsis
- Numericon tells the stories of the numbers, mathematical discoveries, oddities and personalities that have shaped the way we understand the world around us. Each chapter is its own story about a number: why 12 is a sublime number, why 13 is unlucky and 7 lucky, and how imaginary numbers hold up buildings. The book tells the stories of ancient mathematicians, ground-breaking discoveries and mathematical applications that affect our world and our lives in so many ways.mathematicians and recent ground-breaking results, applications that affect all our lives and most importantly, the beauty and power of mathematics.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781623654115
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781623654115
- Publisher:
- Quercus
- Date of Addition:
- 02/20/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Mathematics and Statistics
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.