Numbers: A Very Short Introduction

by Peter M. Higgins

Book Overview

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: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 6.7"