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Hodges, Andrew

 
9781904977759: One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1904977758 ISBN 13 : 9781904977759
Editeur : Short Books, 2007

Synopsis

Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One? Is Four really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, indeed Seven wonders of the world? This book takes a hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, the probabilities in poker, code breaking and the lottery.

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À propos de l'auteur

Andrew Hodges is best known as the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma, the story of the extraordinary British computer pioneer and codebreaker, which the New Yorker recently described as 'one of the finest sceintific biographies ever written.' He is also active in research into fundamental physics, a colleague of Roger Penrose, and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One? Is Four really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, indeed Seven wonders of the world? This book takes a hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, the probabilities in poker, code breaking and the lottery.

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Éditeur
Short Books
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1904977758
ISBN 13 
9781904977759
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Hachette Ireland
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