The grapes of math
how life reflects numbers and numbers reflect life
Edición de la obra Alex Through the Looking-glass
| Autor | Alex Bellos |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Doubleday Canada |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014 |
| Lugar | Toronto, Canada |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 337 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780385671804, 9780385671811 |
| ISBN-10 | 0385671806, 0385671814 |
| OCLC | 859028099 |
| Número de Cutter | B447g |
From triangles, rotations and power laws, to fractals, cones and curves, Bellos takes readers on a journey of mathematical discovery. 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, how fascinating and extremely accessible they are, and how they have changed our world.