Alex's adventures in numberland / Alex Bellos ; illustrations by Andy Riley.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2011.Description: 448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.); 20 cmISBN:- 9781408809594 (pbk.) :
- 510
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | General | 510.22 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R12104X0499 |
Originally published: 2010.
Exploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives.
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