The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count on

by Julian Havil

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The first popular history of irrational numbers and their discoverers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century

The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In The Irrationals, the first popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691163537

ISBN13:9780691163536

Release Date:September 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Math Mathematics Number Systems Number Theory Pure Mathematics Science & Math

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