Instant Expert: How Numbers Work

Discover the Strange and Beautiful World of Mathematics

Instant Expert: How Numbers Work
New Scientist
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Paperback
h127 x 197mm - 224pg
7 Jul 2022 UK
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9781529382044
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Discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself!Think of a number between one and ten No, hang on, let' s make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possible? ) And then there are the negative numbers, the imaginary numbers, the irrational numbers like p which never end. It literally never ends. The world of numbers is indeed strange and beautiful. Among its inhabitants are some really notable characters - pi, e, the square root of minus two and the famous golden ratio to name just a few. Prime numbers occupy a special status. Zero is very odd indeed. And even some apparently common-or-garden integers such as 37 have special properties. How Numbers Work takes a tour of this mind-blowing but beautiful world of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Find out mathematicians' favorite numbers, and the ones they are afraid of (spoiler: it isn' t 13). Discover the incredible connection between numbers and the rules of nature. And learn some amazing mathematical tricks that will keep you amused for hours.

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Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781529382044
Published: 7 Jul 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Height: 127mm
Width: 197mm
Pages: 224

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