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The Book of Numbers Corrected Edition
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"...a delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." -SCIENCE NEWS
"...a fun and fascinating tour of numerical topics and concepts. It will have readers contemplating ideas they might never have thought were understandable or even possible." -WISCONSIN BOOKWATCH
"This popularization of number theory looks like another classic." -LIBRARY JOURNAL
- ISBN-10038797993X
- ISBN-13978-0387979939
- EditionCorrected
- PublisherCopernicus
- Publication dateMarch 16, 1995
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
- Print length319 pages
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"This is a really fascinating book either to read or to browse in, or for reference - there is a good index, and I can strongly recommend it - it should be in every school and college library!" The Mathematical Gazette
"… A delightful look at numbers and their roles in everything from language to flowers to the imagination." Science News
"… The great feature of the book is that anyone can read it without excessive head scratching … You'll find plenty here to keep you occupied, amused, and informed. Buy, dip in, wallow." New Scientist
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- Publisher : Copernicus; Corrected edition (March 16, 1995)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 319 pages
- ISBN-10 : 038797993X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0387979939
- Item Weight : 1.57 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.4 x 1 x 9.3 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #858,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #118 in Number Systems (Books)
- #203 in Number Theory (Books)
- #1,843 in Probability & Statistics (Books)
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Customers find the content thoughtful, well-presented, and an invitation to stretch their brains. They also describe the book as great fun, accessible to intelligent people, and understandable. However, some customers report issues with the cover quality, describing it as a low quality hardcover.
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Customers find the content of the book enjoyable, tantalizing, and well presented. They also say the images and diagrams help enforce learning and make it fun. Customers also mention the book is an invitation to stretch their brains and has a perfect cover.
"...other drawings and diagrams make the topics very understandable and tantalizing...." Read more
"...relations using geometric isomorphisms making this book imaginary, transcendental, surreal, infinite, fun!" Read more
"...Chapters 1 and 2, especially, create vivid images that bring many of their concepts to life. I had a bit of trouble finding ch.3's focus...." Read more
"...It is not just about numbers; it is about many aspects of real math. I so love it that I got two copies, one at home, the other at work...." Read more
Customers find the book great fun and accessible to intelligent readers.
"...making this book imaginary, transcendental, surreal, infinite, fun!" Read more
"...The later parts of the book were clear, readable, and even enjoyable, but didn't match the breadth or vividness of the first half...." Read more
"...understand and the images and diagrams help enforce learning and make it fun. This should be in every high school." Read more
"Great fun, accessible to an intelligent person with even a modest familiarity with math. I got this one as a gift for an engineer friend...." Read more
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"Great fun, accessible to an intelligent person with even a modest familiarity with math. I got this one as a gift for an engineer friend...." Read more
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Next, they move into squares, triangular numbers, and many others with rich geometric meanings. Chapters 1 and 2, especially, create vivid images that bring many of their concepts to life. I had a bit of trouble finding ch.3's focus. It touches briefly combinatorics, a world in itself, and difference techniques. I found "Jackson's Fan" fascinating, but too terse for easy application to real problems. After this, the going gets a lot tougher, fast.
By ch 4, "Famous Families," the illustration is no longer as vivid as before. Ch. 6, on fractions and decimal expansions also held some interest - it touches on complexity in the decimal forms of fractions, and the numeric roots from which it springs. The section on continued fractions is only just enough to titillate without really enlightening. Discussion of imaginary numbers is OK, and offers some enjoyable insights. The section on quaternions, though, does a lot less to invite personal involvement and stir the imagination. Later sections of the book present readable surveys of their topics, but require a lot more form the reader in the way of determination and mathematical background.
If the whole book sustained the initial energy, it would have been an instant classic. The later parts of the book were clear, readable, and even enjoyable, but didn't match the breadth or vividness of the first half. I enjoyed this, but I may not come back to it.
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My surprise is this book is using a low quality cover named Tape Bound, a low price type of cover. Is there any difference? yes! the future of the book is compromised, because this case can break due the lack of flexibility. On the other side, this low quality case do not have a good affordance, as for example, to read the book while standing up.
Quality of paper for the pages of the book is compromised too: the current edition is using traditional photocopy paper bound that affects the resolution and quality of letters, while the original/traditional editions in public and private libraries are in high quality paper.
I feel like I received a copy of a book made in illegal places for photocopies. I feel I do not received and original copy.
I attached a photo of the original binding compared with the binding this seller send to me.
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My surprise is this book is using a low quality cover named Tape Bound, a low price type of cover. Is there any difference? yes! the future of the book is compromised, because this case can break due the lack of flexibility. On the other side, this low quality case do not have a good affordance, as for example, to read the book while standing up.
Quality of paper for the pages of the book is compromised too: the current edition is using traditional photocopy paper bound that affects the resolution and quality of letters, while the original/traditional editions in public and private libraries are in high quality paper.
I feel like I received a copy of a book made in illegal places for photocopies. I feel I do not received and original copy.
I attached a photo of the original binding compared with the binding this seller send to me.
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The book is Ok, but it will never go deep into a specific topic. It explains something and then leaves you thirsty for more. It is also not a book for novices since - unwillingly- it assumes a lot of knowledge already. But for the expert it is not deep enough so I think it lacks a public. The quality of the book is also not such that I would recommend it. The graphics are correct but need the hand of a designer to make them digestible. A good book, but not one I would recommend.