From Zero to Infinity

What Makes Numbers Interesting

Constance Reid (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2006
A K Peters (Verlag)
978-1-56881-273-1 (ISBN)

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From Zero to Infinity is a combination of number lore, number history, and sparkling descriptions of the simply stated but exceedingly difficult problems posed by the most ordinary numbers that first appeared in 1955 and has been kept in print continuously ever since. With the fifth edition this classic has been updated to report on advances in number theory over the last 50 years, including the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Deceptively simple in style and structure, it is a book to which the reader will return again and again, gaining greater understanding and satisfaction with each reading.

Although not trained as a mathematician, Constance Reid is well known for her books on mathematicians and mathematics. Following the success of From Zero to Infinity, her first book, Reid went on to write: A Long Way from Euclid; Hilbert; Courant in Gottingen and New York; Neyman; The Search for E.T. Bell; Julia - a Life in Mathematics, among others.

Zero; 1: One; 2: Two; 3: Three; 4: Four; 5: Five; 6: Six; 7: Seven; 8: Eight; 9: Nine; e: Euler's Number; ? 0: Aleph-Zero

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.1.2006
Verlagsort	Natick
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	380 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Arithmetik / Zahlentheorie
ISBN-10	1-56881-273-6 / 1568812736
ISBN-13	978-1-56881-273-1 / 9781568812731
Zustand	Neuware