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Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 296 páginas
PVP: 41,30 €
ISBN 978-0-691-15570-8
EAN 9780691155708
ohn Napier (1550-1617) is celebrated today as the man who invented logarithms'an enormous intellectual achievement that would soon lead to the development of their mechanical equivalent in the slide rule: the two would serve humanity as the principal means of calculation until the mid-1970s. Yet, despite Napiers pioneering efforts, his life and work have not ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 312 páginas
PVP: 23,75 €
ISBN 978-0-691-16353-6
EAN 9780691163536
The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasnt until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 216 páginas
PVP: 15,55 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14822-9
EAN 9780691148229
Math--the application of reasonable logic to reasonable assumptions--usually produces reasonable results. But sometimes math generates astonishing paradoxes--conclusions that seem completely unreasonable or just plain impossible but that are nevertheless demonstrably true: Conclusions that, for example, tell us that a losing sports team can become a winning one by adding worse players than its opponents. Or ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 28,50 €
ISBN 978-0-691-14133-6
EAN 9780691141336
Among the myriad of constants that appear in mathematics, p, e, and i are the most familiar. Following closely behind is g, or gamma, a constant that arises in many mathematical areas yet maintains a profound sense of mystery.In a tantalizing blend of history and mathematics, Julian Havil takes the reader on a journey through ...
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