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Pi of life : hidden happiness of mathematics / Sunil Singh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Singh, Sunil (Mathematics teacher), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Miscellanea.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2017.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
- Summary:
- Is the most important language in the universe also capable of making us happy in simple and profound ways?Can we really weave the foundations of lifelong joy--humility, gratitude, connection, etc.--through the apparent complexity of numbers?.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Zero: Humility
- CHAPTER 2. One Plus Two: Simplicity
- CHAPTER 3. Q.E.D.: Courage
- CHAPTER 4. Infinity: Curiosity
- CHAPTER 5. Negative Square Root: Gratitude
- CHAPTER 6. Seventeen: Health
- CHAPTER 7. ME: Power
- CHAPTER 8. ABC'd: Resilience
- CHAPTER 9. Thirty-Seven: Laughter
- CHAPTER 10. Phi: Connection
- CHAPTER 11. Pi: Hope
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-40144-5
- 1-4758-3375-X
- OCLC:
- 1000453607
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