Acheson, D. J.
1089 and all that : a journey into mathematics / Ten eighty nine and all that. Ten thousand and eighty nine and all that. David Acheson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - v, 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index.
1089 and all that -- 'In love with geometry' -- But-- that's absurd- -- The trouble with algebra -- The heavens in motion -- All change! -- On being as small as possible -- 'Are we nearly there?' -- A brief history of [pi] -- Good vibrations -- Great mistakes -- What is the secret of all life? -- E = 2.718-- -- Chaos and catastrophe -- Not quite the Indian rope trick -- Real or imaginary?
9780199590025 (pbk.) 0199590028 (pbk.)
Mathematics.
510 ACH
1089 and all that : a journey into mathematics / Ten eighty nine and all that. Ten thousand and eighty nine and all that. David Acheson. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - v, 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Originally published: 2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index.
1089 and all that -- 'In love with geometry' -- But-- that's absurd- -- The trouble with algebra -- The heavens in motion -- All change! -- On being as small as possible -- 'Are we nearly there?' -- A brief history of [pi] -- Good vibrations -- Great mistakes -- What is the secret of all life? -- E = 2.718-- -- Chaos and catastrophe -- Not quite the Indian rope trick -- Real or imaginary?
9780199590025 (pbk.) 0199590028 (pbk.)
Mathematics.
510 ACH