The Book of Numbers
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.86 (541 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 038797993X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Whether it is a visualization of the Catalan numbers or an explanation of how the Fibonacci numbers occur in nature, there is something in here to delight everyone. The Book of Numbers lets readers of all levels of mathematical sophistication (or lack thereof) understand the origins, patterns, and interrelationships of different numbers. The diagrams and pictures, many of which are in color, make this book particularly appealing and fun. Nonetheless, The Book of Numbers will succeed in infecting any reader with an enthusiasm for numbers. A few of the discussions may be confusing to those who are not adept mathematicians; those who are may be irked that certain facts are mentioned without an accompanying proof
Buy, dip in, wallow." -IAN STEWART, NEW SCIENTIST"a delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." -SCIENCE NEWS"a fun and fascinating tour of numerical topics and concepts. It will have readers contemplating ideas they might never have thought were understandable or even possible." -WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH"This popularization of number theory looks like another classic." -LIBRARY JOURNAL. "the great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratchingYou'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed
wiredweird said Gets off to a strong start. Conway and Guy start this book with an enticing survey of how numbers pervade the English language, showing the hidden (or not-so-hidden) numerical roots of common words. They also mention other numbering systems, including the Roman numerals, Greek, Egyptian, and cuneiform Babylonian - numbers that persist in our 60-based measures of . "Delightful!!!" according to James M. Cargal. This is a delightful survey of numbers clearly aimed at as wide an audience as possible. However, as is always the case in such books the book is more formidable than it intends or than it looks. Still it is very friendly especially compared with, say, "Numbers" by Ebbinghays et al. The coverage is wide: primes, reals, Cayley numbers, . Too many topics, too little information I'm not sure why it took 17 years for me to catch up with John H. Conway and Richard Guy's The Book of Numbers. I don't even recall hearing about it until I came across it in a local library.It is, I'm sorry to say, not as good as I'd hoped. They would have written a better book had they chosen about half as many topics, or written abo