Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Math, Mind, and Meaning
Language: English
Published by Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2000
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Warm Springs Book Company, Fremont, CA, U.S.A.The Warm Springs Book Company
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A very good copy in a very good, price clipped, mylar protected DJ. 1st edition with complete number line. Faint sticker ghosts to board edges from removal of tape strips; Former owner's date stamp to top of front pastedown. Illustrated; 8vo., 396 pages.
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- Title
- Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Math, Mind, and Meaning
- Author
- Pickover, Clifford A.
- Publisher
- Oxford, England: Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2000
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195133420
- ISBN 13
- 9780195133424
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- MATHEMATICS AND ENGINEERING, PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE
Hosted by the quirky Dr. Googol--who resides on an island in Sri Lanka and occasionally collaborates with Clifford Pickover--Wonders of Numbers focuses on creativity and the delight of discovery. Here is a potpourri of common and unusual number theory problems of varying difficulty--each presented in brief chapters that convey to readers the essence of the problem rather than the extraneous, convoluted history of it. Want to know about undulating numbers? Turn to Chapter 53 and in just a few pages you'll have a quick challenge. Interested in Fibonacci numbers? Turn to Chapter 74 for the same. Peppered throughout with illustrations that clarify many of the problems, Wonders of Numbers also includes fascinating "math gossip." How would we use numbers to communicate with aliens? Check out Chapter 31. What are the five saddest mathematical scandals? You'll find them in Chapter 35. Did you know that there is a Numerical Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder? There is, and it's in Chapter 46.
Indeed, each chapter in Wonders of Numbers is a paradox and a mystery. From the beautiful formula of India's most famous mathematician to the Leviathan number so big it makes a trillion look small, Dr. Googol's witty, disarming, and straightforward approach to numbers will entice students, educators, and scientists alike to pick up a pencil and work a problem.
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