num_pages: 400
description: Did you grow up thinking math is boring? Its time to reconsider. This book will teach you everything you ever wondered about numbersand more.How and why did human beings first start using numbers at the dawn of history? Would numbers exist if we Homo sapiens werent around to discover them? Whats so special about weird numbers like pi and the Fibonacci sequence? What about rational irrational real and imaginary numbers? Why do we need them?Two veteran math educators explain it all in ways even the most math phobic will find appealing and understandable. Youll never look at those squiggles on your calculator the same again.
language: English
title: Numbers: Their Tales, Types, and Treasures
publisher: Prometheus Books