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- 2012405903 abstract "Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. Here, Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers. Using non-technical language and painting a rich and comprehensive picture of the 'idea' of the number, he explores how the modern number system developed. Explaining the remarkable variety of number types and showing how they behave, he introduces the key concepts from integers and fractions to real and imaginary numbers. --Book Jacket.".
- 2012405903 contributor B12576085.
- 2012405903 created "2011.".
- 2012405903 date "2011".
- 2012405903 date "2011.".
- 2012405903 dateCopyrighted "2011.".
- 2012405903 description "Ch. 1. How not to think about numbers -- ch. 2. The unending sequence of primes -- ch. 3. Perfect and not so perfect numbers -- ch. 4. Cryptography : the secret life of primes -- ch. 5. Numbers that count -- ch. 6. Below the waterline of the number iceberg -- ch. 7. To infinity and beyond! -- ch. 8. Numbers but not as we know them.".
- 2012405903 description "Includes bibliographical references (125-127) and index.".
- 2012405903 description "Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. Here, Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers. Using non-technical language and painting a rich and comprehensive picture of the 'idea' of the number, he explores how the modern number system developed. Explaining the remarkable variety of number types and showing how they behave, he introduces the key concepts from integers and fractions to real and imaginary numbers. --Book Jacket.".
- 2012405903 extent "xiii, 132 p. :".
- 2012405903 identifier "0199584052 (pbk.)".
- 2012405903 identifier "9780199584055 (pbk.)".
- 2012405903 isPartOf "Very short introductions ; 260".
- 2012405903 isPartOf "Very short introductions ; 260.".
- 2012405903 issued "2011".
- 2012405903 issued "2011.".
- 2012405903 language "eng".
- 2012405903 publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- 2012405903 subject "512.7 22".
- 2012405903 subject "Number theory.".
- 2012405903 subject "QA241 .H483 2011".
- 2012405903 tableOfContents "Ch. 1. How not to think about numbers -- ch. 2. The unending sequence of primes -- ch. 3. Perfect and not so perfect numbers -- ch. 4. Cryptography : the secret life of primes -- ch. 5. Numbers that count -- ch. 6. Below the waterline of the number iceberg -- ch. 7. To infinity and beyond! -- ch. 8. Numbers but not as we know them.".
- 2012405903 title "Numbers : a very short introduction / Peter M. Higgins.".
- 2012405903 type "text".