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An edition of e: The Story of a Number (1994)

E

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 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 and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
223

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e, Mathematics, History, Number theory, E (The number), Transcendental numbers

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e: The Story of a Number
2015, Princeton University Press
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2011, Princeton University Press
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e: The Story of a Number
2011, Princeton University Press
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e: The Story of a Number
2009, Princeton University Press
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Die Zahl e: Geschichte und Geschichten
December 31, 1996, Birkhäuser Verlag
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1994, Princeton University Press
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E: The Story of a Number
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First Sentence

"Rarely in the history of science has an abstract mathematical idea been received more enthusiastically by the entire scientific community than the invention of logarithms."

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Hardcover
Number of pages
223
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

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OL7756874M
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0691033900
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9780691033907
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Rarely in the history of science has an abstract mathematical idea been received more enthusiastically by the entire scientific community than the invention of logarithms.
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