Very Short Introduction Numbers - Higgins, P. M.
Very Short Introduction Numbers - Higgins, P. M. Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of…
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Very Short Introduction Numbers - Higgins, P. M.
Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter M.
Higgins sheds light on such fascinating topics as the series of primes, describing how primes are now used to encrypt confidential data on the internet. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world, showing how the modern number system matured over many centuries, and introducing key concepts such as integers, fractions, real and imaginary numbers, and complex numbers. He also explores the infinite nature of number collections and explains how the so-called real numbers knit together to form the continuum of the number line.
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