New and notable books about numbers.

• Autores: Michelle Press
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 298, Nº. 5, 2008, págs. 106-106
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Several books on numbers are reviewed, including "One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers," by Andrew Hodges, "Guesstimation: Solving the World's Problems on the Back of a Cocktail Napkin," by Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam, and "The Book of Numbers: The Secret of Numbers and How They Changed the World," by Peter J. Bentley.