Numbers A Very Short Introduction Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 44,5 Mb
• Release Date : 24 February 2011

In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins presents an overview of the number types featured in modern science and mathematics. Providing a non-technical account, he explores the evolution of

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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• Release Date : 11 May 2024

This introduction invites readers to revisit algebra and appreciate the elegance and power of equations and inequalities. Offering a clear explanation of algebra through theory and example, Higgins shows how

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• File Size : 50,7 Mb
• Release Date : 24 February 2011

Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers;

• Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
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• Release Date : 22 August 2002

The aim of this volume is to explain the differences between research-level mathematics and the maths taught at school. Most differences are philosophical and the first few chapters are about

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
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• Release Date : 11 May 2024

Number theory is the branch of mathematics primarily concerned with the counting numbers, especially primes. It dates back to the ancient Greeks, but today it has great practical importance in

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
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• Release Date : 23 October 2008

Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 25 October 2007

Games are played everywhere: from economics to evolutionary biology, and from social interactions to online auctions. This title shows how to play such games in a rational way, and how

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 11 May 2024

Infinity is an intriguing topic, with connections to religion, philosophy, metaphysics, logic, and physics as well as mathematics. Its history goes back to ancient times, with especially important contributions from

• Publisher : OUP Oxford
• File Size : 35,8 Mb
• Release Date : 30 May 2002

Quantum Theory is the most revolutionary discovery in physics since Newton. This book gives a lucid, exciting, and accessible account of the surprising and counterintuitive ideas that shape our understanding

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 11 May 2024

How many possible sudoku puzzles are there? In the lottery, what is the chance that two winning balls have consecutive numbers? Who invented Pascal's triangle? (it was not Pascal) Combinatorics,