01786nam a22002777a 450000500170000000800410001701000170005801500080007501600180008302000250010102000220012603500240014804001060017205000220027808200240030010000300032424500620035426000580041630000350047449000360050950400610054550503380060652005080094465000190145283000370147120231030085509.0120822s2011    enka     b    001 0 eng    a  2012405903  2bnb7 a0156435582Uk  a9780199584055 (pbk.)  a0199584052 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)ocn663438498  aUKMcUKMdVP@dITJCUdIUPdCUSdCDXdCUVdBTCTAdYDXCPdNLEdUPMdC#PdVRCdBDXdUKMGBdMTGdBD-DhBPA00aQA241b.H483 201104a512.7222bHIN 20111 aHiggins, Peter M.,d1956-10aNumbers :ba very short introduction /cPeter M. Higgins.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2011.  axiii, 132 p. :bill. ;c18 cm.1 aVery short introductions ;v260  aIncludes bibliographical references (125-127) and index.0 aCh. 1. How not to think about numbers -- ch. 2. The unending sequence of primes -- ch. 3. Perfect and not so perfect numbers -- ch. 4. Cryptography : the secret life of primes -- ch. 5. Numbers that count -- ch. 6. Below the waterline of the number iceberg -- ch. 7. To infinity and beyond! -- ch. 8. Numbers but not as we know them.  aNumbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. Here, Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers. Using non-technical language and painting a rich and comprehensive picture of the 'idea' of the number, he explores how the modern number system developed. Explaining the remarkable variety of number types and showing how they behave, he introduces the key concepts from integers and fractions to real and imaginary numbers. --Book Jacket. 0aNumber theory. 0aVery short introductions ;v260.