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How Big Is Infinity?: The 20 Big Maths Questions: Big Questions

Autor Tony Crilly
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iul 2014
Answers to 20 of the most mindbending and perplexing mathematical questions.
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ISBN-13: 9781782069485
ISBN-10: 1782069488
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 160 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Quercus Books
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Tony Crilly is a 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 and the hugely successful 50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know.


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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.