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245			_aHow numbers work : _bdiscover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics _cNew Scientist
260			_aLondon : _bJohn Murray Learning, _cc2018.
300			_axii, 212 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
490			_aInstant expert (New Scientist (Firm))
520			_aThink 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, 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 "imaginary" number i and the famous golden ratio to name just a few. Prime numbers occupy a special status. Zero is very odd indeed: is it a number, or isn't it? 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.
650			_aNumber theory _918533
650			_aMathematics _9984
700			_aNew Scientist _918534
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