Alex's Adventures in NumberlandExploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives. |
Contents
Introduction | 8 |
chapter | 43 |
chapter | 77 |
chapter three | 113 |
CHAPTER FOUR | 143 |
CHAPTER FIVE | 177 |
In which the author explains why numbers are good but letters | 211 |
CHAPTER SEVEN | 255 |
CHAPTER EIGHT | 283 |
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