01875nam a22003137a 4500 20231030085509.0 120822s2011 enka b 001 0 eng 2012405903 bnb 015643558 Uk 9780199584055 (pbk.) 0199584052 (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn663438498 UKM UKM VP@ ITJCU IUP CUS CDX CUV BTCTA YDXCP NLE UPM C#P VRC BDX UKMGB MTG BD-DhBPA QA241 .H483 2011 512.7 22 HIN 2011 Higgins, Peter M., 1956- Numbers : a very short introduction / Peter M. Higgins. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. xiii, 132 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Very short introductions ; 260 Includes bibliographical references (125-127) and index. Ch. 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. Numbers 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. Number theory. 38467 Very short introductions ; 260. PR 711868682 ddc BK 50339 50339 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 1 512.7 HIN 2011 107089 2019-08-07 00:00:00 2019-05-15 2018-05-29 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 0 512.7 HIN 2011 107090 2018-05-29 00:00:00 2018-05-29 BK