Numbers

To Infinity and Beyond

$7.95

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Imprint: Wooden Books
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Book Details

Pages

64 Pages

Size

5.5 x 6.75

Format

Trade Paperback

Pub. Date

03/15/2022

ISBN

978-1-952178-22-1

Publisher

Wooden Books

Authors

Oliver Linton is an educationalist and writer. Also author of Fractals in this series, he lives in the Lake District. A collection of his writings may be found on his website www.jolinton.co.uk.

What are numbers? Where do they come from? Are there different kings of number? Why was Pythagoras fascinated by triangular and square numbers? Is there a link between perfect numbers and primes?

In this enlightening illustrated pocket book, mathemagician Oliver Linton reveals the wonderful world of numbers, visiting the questions and answers of great number theorists along the way, from Euclid to Euler, Fibonacci to Fermat, and Archimedes to Gauss. No calculator needed.

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