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The Book of Numbers

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"...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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Product Details
Copernicus Books
1461284880 / 9781461284888
Paperback / softback
512.7
15/09/2011
United States
English
ix, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
24 cm
Reprint. Originally published: 1996.