[PDF.57co] "e:" The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library)

"e:" The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library)

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 | #54488 in Books |  2015-09-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.40 x.80 x5.50l,.0 | File type: PDF | 248 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Superb book for the right audience|By Gary B. Robinson|This book aims to give the reader a deep understanding of the number e, but also of other things that turn out to be related through the e^(pi*i) + 1 = 0 equation, like the meaning of imaginary numbers. It also goes into the history of how these concepts were arrived at, which is great because it shows the wild, purely intu|.com |Until about 1975, logarithms were every scientist's best friend. They were the basis of the slide rule that was the totemic wand of the trade, listed in huge books consulted in every library. Then hand-held calculators arrived, and within a few years slid

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 number e. 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 of e to mathematics a...

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