The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers

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The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers Wells, David Summary Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why d oes Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host more are answered in this fascinating book, which has now been newly revised, with nearly 200 extra entries and some 250 additions to the original entries. From minus one and its square root, via cyclic, weird, amicable, perfect, untouchable and lucky numbers, aliquot sequences, the Cattle problem, Pascal's triangle and the Syracuse algorithm, music, magic and maps, pancakes, polyhedra and palindromes, to numbers so large that they boggle the imagination, all you ever wanted to know about numbers is here. There is even a comprehensive index for those annoying occasions when you remember the name but can't recall the number. Perfect for fans of Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Reference, Popular Mathematical Theory, Mathematics References, Higher Mathematical Education. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 256 pages · Paperback By Wells, David Details ISBN: 9780140261493 Author: Wells, David Format: Paperback Pages: 256 Language: English Publication date: 4 September 1997 Condition: Used – Good About the authors Wells, David and David Wells and David G. Wells · Publisher: Penguin UK More about this book Show more