From Zero to Infinity: What Makes Numbers Interesting

by Constance Reid

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From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers that first appeared in 1955 and has been kept in print continuously ever since. With the fifth edition this classic has been updated to report on advances in num

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themulhern 2,101 reviews

An early entry in the mathematical popularization genre. Nice start, but a little muddled and disorganized.

Aug 1, 2015

aleene 25 reviews

Dit boek geeft een bijschrijving van de getaltheorie, een deel van de wiskunde. Het boek bevat 11 hoofdstukken, een hoofdstuk voor elk cijfer (en oneindig). Het boek is eigenlijk een rariteitenkabinet van vreemde getallen (denk aan priemgetallen). Het is leuk, maar soms lastig, om te lezen.

Apr 11, 2010Dutch

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