How Big is Infinity?: The 20 Big Maths Questions (Big Questions) - Softcover

Crilly, Tony

 
9781782069485: How Big is Infinity?: The 20 Big Maths Questions (Big Questions)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1782069488 ISBN 13: 9781782069485
Verlag: Quercus, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? In How Big is Infinity?, acclaimed writer Tony Crilly distills the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating and surprising questions in mathematics.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tony Crilly is Reader in Mathematical Sciences at Middlesex University, having previously taught at the University of Michigan, the City University in Hong Kong, and the Open University. His principal research interest is the history of mathematics, and he has written and edited many works on fractals, chaos and computing. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of the English mathematician Arthur Cayley.

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Verlag
Quercus
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1782069488
ISBN 13 
9781782069485
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
304
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