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e : the story of a number / Eli Maor.
Van Pelt Library QA247.5 .M33 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maor, Eli.
- Series:
- Princeton Papaerbacks.
- Princeton Papaerbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- e (The number).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First paperback printing, 1998.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998], c1994.
- Summary:
- Interest earned on a bank account . . . arrangement of seeds in a sunflower . . . 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 mathematics that lie behind the number e. Designed for a reader with only a modes background in mathematics, this book brings out e's central importance in mathematics. Illustrated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-219) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691058547
- OCLC:
- 39637839
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