Numbers: A Very Short Introduction

by Peter M. Higgins

Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world, showing how the modern number system matured over many centuries,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00BG6YMEC
• ISBN13: 9780199584055
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.7"