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By Clifford A. Pickover
From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient “ant odometers” and moving through time to our modern-day, this book covers 250 milestones in math history. Learn about cicada-generated prime numbers, magic squares, pi, calculus, the first abacus, Golden Ratio, slide rule, the Mobius strip, Fifteen Puzzle, Googol, the butterfly effect, Rubik’s Cube, Eternity Puzzle, NUMB3RS, and hundreds more. Chronologically organized, each entry is short enough to read in a few minutes, is presented with a striking full-color image along with formulas and concepts, fascinating facts, and real-world applications of the theorems. Hardcover: 528 pgs. |
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United States or Canada orders only.
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