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E : the story of a number /
"The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2009].
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| Colección: | Princeton science library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest background in mathematics, this biography of e brings out that number's central importance in mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science."--Book cover |
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| Notas: | Previous edition: 1994. Paperback reissue, in the Princeton Science Library series, 2009 |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400832347 1400832349 1283379872 9781283379878 |