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Positive and negative, real and imaginary, rational and irrational, big and small - all kinds of special numbers reveal their astonishing properties in this tour from zero to infinity. You'll discover the secrets of sudoku, Rubik's cubes, fractals and musical scales, as well as learning how numbers evolve through time and that you live in eleven-dimensional space. The companion iOS app Incredible Numbers allows you to explore the subject further (£4.99 from iTunes).
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Ian Stewart is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. The author of numerous books on math, his writing has appeared in New Scientist, Discover, Scientific American, and many newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States. He lives in Coventry, England.
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Winner of the 2015 Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science
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The book is crafted with great enthusiasm, resulting in a delightful reading experience encompassing countless results and areas of classical and current research.”
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Stewart receives an A for telling us how vast, wonderful and useful are all the members of the world of numbers.”
MAA Reviews
The book is crafted with great enthusiasm, resulting in a delightful reading experience encompassing countless results and areas of classical and current research.”
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Stewart receives an A for telling us how vast, wonderful and useful are all the members of the world of numbers.”
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- ISBN 13 9781781254103
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