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[Enhanced Credo edition] |
| Description |
1 online resource (18 entries) : 31 images ; digital files. |
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text rdacontent |
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still image rdacontent |
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electronic isbdmedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Series |
Instant expert |
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Instant expert (New Scientist (Firm))
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| Contents |
Contributors -- Guest contributors -- Introduction -- 1. What is mathematics? -- 2. Zero -- 3. Infinity -- 4. Prime numbers -- 5. [pi], [phi], e and i -- 6. Probability, randomness and statistics -- 7. The greatest problems of maths -- 8. Everyday maths -- 9. Numbers and reality -- Conclusion -- Forty-nine ideas -- Glossary -- Picture credits. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
How Numbers Work takes a tour of this mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Not only that, but take a crash course on the biggest unsolved problems that keep mathematicians up at night, find out about the strange and unexpected ways mathematics influences our everyday lives, and discover the incredible connection between numbers and reality itself. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
Number theory.
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Mathematics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
New Scientist (Firm), author.
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Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1473629748 9781473629745 xii, 212 pages : illustrations, charts, portraits |
| ISBN |
9781786849472 electronic version |
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9781473629745 pbk |
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1473629748 pbk |
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9781473629752 ePub ebook |
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