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e: The Story of a Number: The Story of a Number

By Eli Maor

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9781400832347
DOI
10.1515/9781400832347
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11060410 bytes)
Series
Princeton Science Library; 41
Edition
Core Textbook
Pages
248\241
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 05:17:25

Description

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical background, this biography brings out the central importance of e to mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.

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