"e": The Story of a Number
"e": The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library) Eli Maor,
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691141347
DDC: 500
Edition: Paperback; 2009-02-04
Summary:
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 background in mathematics, this biography
of e brings out that number's central importance in mathematics and
illuminates a golden era in the age of science.
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