How Numbers Work - Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics

Informationen zum Autor Since 1956, New Scientist has established a world-beating reputation for exploring and uncovering the latest developments and discoveries in science and technology, placing them in context and exploring what they mean for the future. Each week through a variety of different channels, including print, online, social media and more, New Scientist reaches over 5 million highly engaged readers around the world. Follow New Scientist on Twitter: @newscientist Klappentext 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, and the irrational numbers like pi, 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."-- Vorwort How Numbers Work is a tour of the mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Zusammenfassung How Numbers Work is a tour of the mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them.

Product details

• Authors: New Scientist
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781529382044
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-8204-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Instant Expert; New Scientist Instant Expert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra; popular science, SCIENCE / General, MATHEMATICS / Number Theory, Mathematics, MATHEMATICS / Numerical Analysis, Mathematics & science, Educational: Mathematics, science and technology, general