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1089 and all that : a journey into mathematics / David Acheson.

By: Acheson, D. J [author].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: v, 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 9780199590025 (pbk.); 0199590028 (pbk.).Other title: Ten eighty nine and all that | Ten thousand and eighty nine and all that.Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510 ACH
Contents:
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?
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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?

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