e: The Story of a Number: The Story of a Number
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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 numbere. 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 mathematical background, this biography brings out the central importance ofeto mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Eli Maor
- Language
- English
- Series
- Princeton Science Library; 41
- ISBN
- 9781400832347
- Release date
- 2011
