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e: The Story of a Number

Paperback • 1998 • English

e: The Story of a Number

By Eli Maor

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About the book

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...Show more

Mathematics and Science

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ISBN

9780691058542

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

e: The Story of a Number

Format

Paperback

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