Description
What are numbers? Where do they come from? Are there different kings of number? Why was Pythagoras fascinated by triangular and square numbers? Is there a link between perfect numbers and primes? In this enlightening illustrated pocket book, mathemagician Oliver Linton reveals the wonderful world of numbers, visiting the questions and answers of great number theorists along the way, from Euclid to Euler, Fibonacci to Fermat, and Archimedes to Gauss. No calculator needed!
WOODEN BOOKS US EDITIONS. Small books, BIG ideas. Tiny but packed with information. "Stunning NEW YORK TIMES. Fascinating FINANCIAL TIMES. Beautiful LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. Rich and Artful THE LANCET. Genuinely mind-expanding FORTEAN TIMES. Excellent NEW SCIENTIST.
Author: Oliver Linton
Publisher: Wooden Books
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.60h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781952178221
ISBN10: 1952178223
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Mathematics | Number Systems
WOODEN BOOKS US EDITIONS. Small books, BIG ideas. Tiny but packed with information. "Stunning NEW YORK TIMES. Fascinating FINANCIAL TIMES. Beautiful LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. Rich and Artful THE LANCET. Genuinely mind-expanding FORTEAN TIMES. Excellent NEW SCIENTIST.
Author: Oliver Linton
Publisher: Wooden Books
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.60h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781952178221
ISBN10: 1952178223
BISAC Categories:
- Mathematics | Number Theory
- Mathematics | Number Systems