“e”: The Story of a Number (Princeton Science

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St,
Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e,
In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number,
Designed for a reader with only a modest background in mathematics, this biography of e brings out that number’s central importance in mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science,

• Author:Eli Maor
• Binding aperback
• EAN:9780691141343
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• ISBN:0691141347
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• NumberOfPages:248
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• PublicationDate:2009-01-19
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• SKU:1318566956
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• Title:”e”: The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library)
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