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The Irrationals

The Irrationals

A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On

by Julian Havil
Paperback
Publication Date: 22/09/2014
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The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't 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 mat
ISBN:
9780691163536
9780691163536
Category:
Popular mathematics
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
22-09-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
312
Dimensions (mm):
235x152x21mm
Weight:
0.45kg

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Mathematics History of mathematics Number theory Popular mathematics
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