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PublisherSpringer New York

ISBN-101461284880

ISBN-139781461284888

eBay Product ID (ePID)143624452

Product Key Features

Number of PagesIX, 310 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBook of Numbers

SubjectNumber Theory

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

AuthorRichard Guy, John H. Conway

Subject AreaMathematics

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

TitleLeadingThe

ReviewsFrom the reviews:"This is a really fascinating book either to read or to browse in, or for reference - there is a good index, and I can strongly recommend it - it should be in every school and college library!" The Mathematical Gazette"â€¦ A delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." Science News"â€¦ The great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching â€¦ You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow." New Scientist, From the reviews: "This is a really fascinating book either to read or to browse in, or for reference - there is a good index, and I can strongly recommend it - it should be in every school and college library!" The Mathematical Gazette "... A delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." Science News "... The great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching ... You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow." New Scientist

Dewey Edition20

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal512.7

Table Of Content1 The Romance of Numbers.- 2 Figures from Figures: Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry.- 3 What Comes Next?.- 4 Famous Families of Numbers.- 5 The Primacy of Primes.- 6 Further Fruitfulness of Fractions.- 7 Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers.- 8 Imagining Imaginary Numbers.- 9 Some Transcendental Numbers.- 10 Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers.

SynopsisIn THE BOOK OF NUMBERS, two famous mathematicians fascinated by beautiful and intriguing number patterns share their insights and discoveries with each other and with readers. John Conway is the showman, master of mathematical games and flamboyant presentations; Richard Guy is the encyclopedist, always on top of problems waiting to be solved. Together they show us why patterns and properties of numbers have captivated mathematicians and non-mathematicians alike for centuries. THE BOOK OF NUMBERS features Conway and Guy's favorite stories about all the kinds of numbers any of us is likely to encounter, and many others besides. "Our aim," the authors write, "is to bring to the inquisitive reader. . .an explanation of the many ways the word 'number' is used." They explore patterns that emerge in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, describe these pattern' relevance both inside and outside mathematics, and introduce the strange worlds of complex, transcendental, and surreal numbers. This unique book brings together facts, pictures and stories about numbers in a way that no one but an extraordinarily talented pair of mathematician/writers could do., Journey through the world of numbers with the foremost authorities and writers in the field. John Horton Conway and Richard K. Guy are two of the most accomplished, creative, and engaging number theorists any mathematically minded reader could hope to encounter. In this book, Conway and Guy lead the reader on an imaginative, often astonishing tour of the landscape of numbers. The Book of Numbers is just that - an engagingly written, heavily illustrated introduction to the fascinating, sometimes surprising properties of numbers and number patterns. The book opens up a world of topics, theories, and applications, exploring intriguing aspects of real numbers, systems, arrays and sequences, and much more. Readers will be able to use figures to figure out figures, rub elbows with famous families of numbers, prove the primacy of primes, fathom the fruitfulness of fractions, imagine imaginary numbers, investigate the infinite and infinitesimal and more., John Horton Conway is a world famous professor of mathematics at Princeton University, and inventor of The Game of Life. Previous books include On Numbers and Games, and Sphere Packing, Lattices and Groups. Richard K. Guy is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Calgary, with more than 200 publications and 10 books to his credit. Potential readers include the audience for The Mathematical Tourist (Ivars Petersen, Freeman); A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (Paulos); A Tour of Calculus (Berlinsky); and Longitude (Sobel).

LC Classification NumberQA241-247.5