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008			120822s2011 enka b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780199584055 (pbk.)
020			_a0199584052 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn663438498
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050	0	0	_aQA241 _b.H483 2011
082	0	4	_a512.7 _222 _bHIN 2011
100	1		_aHiggins, Peter M., _d1956-
245	1	0	_aNumbers : _ba very short introduction / _cPeter M. Higgins.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiii, 132 p. : _bill. ; _c18 cm.
490	1		_aVery short introductions ; _v260
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (125-127) and index.
505	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.
520			_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.
650		0	_aNumber theory. _938467
830		0	_aVery short introductions ; _v260.
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