Beyond numeracy: ruminations of a numbers manFrom the author of the national bestseller Innumeracy, a delightful exploration of the beauty and fascination of mathematics. Entries range from algebra, coincidence, game theory, non-Euclidean geometry, calculus, and probability theory to such new areas of mathematics as chaos, fractals, recursion, and complexity in this accessible work. 47 drawings.election. |
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Contents
A Mathematical Accent | 3 |
Analytic Geometry | 10 |
Areas and Volumes | 18 |
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| Title | Beyond numeracy: ruminations of a numbers man |
| Author | John Allen Paulos |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0394586409, 9780394586403 |
| Length | 285 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / Essays Mathematics / Reference |
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