TY - BOOK AU - Pickover,Clifford A. TI - A passion for mathematics: numbers, puzzles, madness, religion, and the quest for reality SN - 9780471690986 (pbk.) U1 - 510 PY - 2005/// CY - Hoboken PB - Wiley KW - Mathematics N1 - 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 ER -