Professor Stewart's incredible numbers
Stewart, Ian, 1945-2015
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A delightful introduction to the numbers that surround us, from the common (Pi and 2) to the uncommon but no less consequential (1.059463 and 43,252,003,274,489,856,000). Along the way, Stewart takes us through prime numbers, cubic equations, the concept of zero, the possible positions on the Rubik's Cube, the role of numbers in human history, and beyond!
Main title:
Professor Stewart's incredible numbers / by Ian Stewart.
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Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2015.
Collation:
341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes further readings.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Small Numbers -- 1.The Indivisible Unit -- 2.Odd and Even -- 3.Cubic Equation -- 4.Square -- 5.Pythagorean Hypotenuse -- 6.Kissing Number -- 7.Fourth Prime -- 8.Fibonacci Cube -- 9.Magic Square -- 10.Decimal System -- Zero and Negative Numbers -- 0 is Nothing a Number? -- 1 Less Than Nothing -- Complex Numbers -- i Imaginary Number -- Rational Numbers -- 1/2 Dividing the Indivisible -- 22/7 Approximation to π -- 466/885 Tower of Hanoi -- Irrational Number -- [√]2 ~ 1-414213 First Known Irrational -- π ~ 3 ·141592 Circle Measurement -- φ ~ 1·618034 Golden Number -- e ! 2·718281 Natural Logarithms -- Log2/log3 ~ 1·584962 Fractals -- π/[√]18 ~ 0·740480 Sphere Packing -- 12[√]2 ~ 1·-059463 Musical Scale -- ζ(3) ~ 1·202056 Apery's Constant -- γ ~ 0·577215 Euler's Constant -- Special Small Numbers I -- 11.String Theory -- 12.Pentominoes -- 17.Polygons and Patterns -- 23.Birthday Paradox --Contents note continued: 26.Secret Codes -- 56.Sausage Conjecture -- 168.Finite Geometry -- Special Big Numbers -- 26! = 403.291, 461, 126, 605, 635, 584,000,000 Factorials -- 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 Rubik Cube -- 6.670.903,752,021,072,936,960 Sudoku -- 257.885.161 --- 1 (total of 17.425.170 digits) -- Largest Known Prime -- Infinite Numbers -- No Smallest Infinity -- C Cardinal of Continuum -- Life, the Universe, and... -- 42 Not Boring at All.
ISBN:
9781781254103 (paperback)
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
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BRN:
312630
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