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A passion for mathematics : numbers, puzzles, madness, religion, and the quest for reality / Clifford A. Pickover.

By: Pickover, Clifford A.
Publisher: Hoboken : Wiley, c2005Description: xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780471690986 (pbk.); 0471690988 (pbk.).Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510
Incomplete contents:
Introduction - 1. Numbers, history, society, and people - 2. Cool numbers - 3. Algebra, percentages, weird puzzles, and marvelous mathematical manipulations - 4. Geometry, games, and beyond - 5. Probabality: take your chances - 6. Big numbers and infinity - 7. Mathematics and beauty
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-386) and index.

Introduction - 1. Numbers, history, society, and people - 2. Cool numbers - 3. Algebra, percentages, weird puzzles, and marvelous mathematical manipulations - 4. Geometry, games, and beyond - 5. Probabality: take your chances - 6. Big numbers and infinity - 7. Mathematics and beauty