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Alex Through the Looking-Glass

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

Alex Through the Looking-Glass

By Alex Bellos

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About the book

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, bestselling author Alex Bellos takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit, engaging stories and limitless enthusiasm. As he narrates a series of eye-opening encounters with lively personalities all over the world, Alex demonstrates how numbers have come to be our friends, are fascinating and extremely accessible, and how they have changed our world.He turns even the dreaded calculus into an easy...Show more

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ISBN

9781408845721

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published year

2015

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Alex Through the Looking-Glass

Format

Paperback

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