"e", The Story of a Number

Resumen del libro

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical background, this biography brings out the central importance of e to mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.

Biografía del autor

Experto en historia de las matemáticas. Ha sido profesor de Matemáticas en la Loyola University de Chicago. Es el autor de la entrada sobre trigonometría de la Enciclopedia Británica y ha escrito varios libros; este es el primero que se traduce al español.