John Horton Conway is a world famous professor of mathematics at Princeton University, and inventor of The Game of Life. Previous books include On Numbers and Games, and Sphere Packing, Lattices and Groups. Richard K. Guy is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Calgary, with more than 200 publications and 10 books to his credit. Potential readers include the audience for The Mathematical Tourist (Ivars Petersen, Freeman); A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper (Paulos); A Tour of Calculus (Berlinsky); and Longitude (Sobel).
Reviews / Votes
From the reviews:
"This is a really fascinating book either to read or to browse in, or for reference - there is a good index, and I can strongly recommend it - it should be in every school and college library!"
The Mathematical Gazette
". A delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination."
Science News
". The great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching . You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow."
New Scientist
Edition
1st Corrected ed. 1996. Corr. 2nd printing 1998
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Target group
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-0-387-97993-9 (9780387979939)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-4072-3
Schweitzer Classification
1 The Romance of Numbers.- 2 Figures from Figures: Doing Arithmetic and Algebra by Geometry.- 3 What Comes Next?.- 4 Famous Families of Numbers.- 5 The Primacy of Primes.- 6 Further Fruitfulness of Fractions.- 7 Geometric Problems and Algebraic Numbers.- 8 Imagining Imaginary Numbers.- 9 Some Transcendental Numbers.- 10 Infinite and Infinitesimal Numbers.
