Eli Maor
Series: Princeton Science Library
Copyright Date: 1994
Published
by: Princeton University Press
Pages: 248
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7t8q5
Book Description:
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 background in mathematics, this biography ofebrings out that number's central importance in mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.
eISBN: 978-1-4008-3234-7
Subjects: Mathematics