E: The Story of a Number

Name: E: The Story of a Number
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Eli Maor
ISBN: 9780691058542

Eli Maor

24/05/1998
Princeton University Press

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Couverture de E: The Story of a Number par Eli Maor

Résumé

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sun flower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number "e". In this informal history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for the reader with only a modest background in mathematics and illuminates a golde era in the age of science.