What are the strangest numbers? Where do numbers come from? Can maths guarantee riches? Why are three dimensions not enough? Can a butterfly's wings really cause a hurricane? Can maths predict the future? Tony Crilly distills the wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history to help provide answers some of the most perplexing, stimulating and surprising questions in mathematics.
| ISBN: | 9781782069485 |
| Publication date: | 3rd July 2014 |
| Author: | A J Crilly |
| Publisher: | Quercus an imprint of Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Series: | The Big Questions |
| Genres: |
History of mathematics Popular Science |