Alex's adventures in numberland
Bellos, Alex, 1969-2011
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Exploding the myth that maths is best left to the geeks, Alex Bellos covers subjects from adding to algebra, from set theory to statistics and from logarithms to logical paradoxes. In doing so, he explains how mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives.
Main title:
Alex's adventures in numberland / Alex Bellos ; illustrations by Andy Riley.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2011.
Collation:
448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2010.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408809594 (pbk)
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
109575