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S'està carregant… Zero to Lazy Eight: The Romance of Numbers (edició 1993)de Alexander Humez (Autor), Nicholas Humez (Autor), Joseph Maguire (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. The author recalls W. C. Field's famous answer to the question, "Is this a game of chance?" -- "Not the way I play it." Most counting-out situations, like most card "tricks", test the player's skill in solving problems of modular arithmetic. [202] I like books about numbers. I like learning about origins of language. And, for the most part, I liked this book. You cannot read this expecting some overlying theme to it all, or even a nice neat conclusions section to wrap everything up. Each chapter is its own entity and is tenuously connected to a single number (zero through thirteen, plus an additional chapter on infinity). However, the narrative is tangential and digresses often into adjacent but not immediately applicable topics. For instance, chapter 5 is spent largely discussing the measurement of time. Is it an interesting collection of random information? No doubt. However, it's nothing more than that. It is less a book than a collection of well-informed essays bordering on stream of consciousness. I had hoped for more explanation of common number-themed phrases, but I did not want for neat little facts on math and linguistics. If you're just looking for some light nonfiction, this is a nice diversion. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
A collection of brain games using prime numbers, square roots, sequences, base-2 arithmetic, & other concepts. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)513.2Natural sciences and mathematics Mathematics Arithmetic Arithmetic operationsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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