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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Stewart, Ian, 1945- author.     Subjects     Number theory -- Popular works.     Mathematics -- Miscellanea.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stewart, Ian, 1945- author.       by title:      Professor Stewart's ...         MARC Display

Professor Stewart's incredible numbers / Ian Stewart. by Stewart, Ian, 1945- author. New York, NY : Basic Books, c2015. Subjects Number theory -- Popular works.   Mathematics -- Miscellanea. ISBN:  9780465042722 (pbk.) 0465042724 (pbk.) Description:  ix, 341 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm Contents:  Numbers -- The indivisible unit -- Odd and even -- Cubic equation -- Square -- Pythagorean hypotenuse -- Kissing number -- Fourth prime -- Fibonacci cube -- Magic square -- Decimal system -- Is nothing a number -- Less than nothing -- Imaginary number -- Dividing the indivisible -- Approximation to [pi] -- Tower of Hanoi -- First known irrational -- Circle measurement -- Golden number -- Natural logarithms -- Fractals -- Sphere packing -- Musical scale -- Apery's constant -- Euler's constant -- String theory -- Pentominoes -- Polygons and patterns -- Birthday paradox -- Secret codes -- Sausage conjecture -- Finite geometry -- Rubik cube -- Soduko -- Largest known prime -- Smallest infinity -- Cardinal continuum -- Not boring at all. Requests:  0 Summary:  A delightful introduction to the numbers that surround us, from the common (Pi and 2) to the uncommon but no less consequential (1.059463 and 43,252,003,274,489,856,000). Along the way, Stewart takes us through prime numbers, cubic equations, the concept of zero, the possible positions on the Rubik's Cube, the role of numbers in human history, and beyond!   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 512.7 St Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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