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Are Numbers Real?

By (author) Brian Clegg
Format: Hardback
Publisher: St Martin's Press, New York, United States
Published: 6th Dec 2016
Dimensions: w 140mm h 210mm d 25mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN-10: 1250081041
ISBN-13: 9781250081049
Barcode No: 9781250081049
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Synopsis
Have you ever wondered what humans did before numbers existed? How they organised their lives, traded goods, or kept track of their treasures? What would your life be like without them? Numbers began as simple representations of everyday things, but mathematics rapidly took on a life of its own, occupying a parallel virtual world. In Are Numbers Real?, Brian Clegg explores the way that math has become more and more detached from reality, and yet despite this is driving the development of modern physics. From devising a new counting system based on goats, through the weird and wonderful mathematics of imaginary numbers and infinity to the debate over whether mathematics has too much influence on the direction of science, this fascinating and accessible book opens the reader's eyes to the hidden reality of the strange yet familiar entities that are numbers.

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