Wonders of Numbers: Adventures in Math, Mind, and Meaning
Who are the eight most influential female mathematicians?  Why aren't Roman numerals used anymore?   Why was the first woman mathematician brutally murdered?  What were the Unabomber's ten most mathematical technical papers?Prepare yourself for a shattering odyssey as Wonders of Numbers unlocks the doors of your imagination.  The thought-provoking mysteries, puzzles, and problems range from the most beautiful formula of Ramanujan (India's most famous mathematician) to the Leviathan number, a number so big that it makes a trillion pale in comparison.  The mysterious puzzles and games should cause even the most left-brained readers to fall in love with numbers.   The quirky and exclusive surveys on mathematicians' lives, scandals, and passions will entertain people at all levels of mathematical sophistication.Grab a pencil.  Relax.  Then take off on a mind-boggling journey to the ultimate frontier of  math, mind, and meaning, as Dr. Clifford Pickover and legendary, eccentric mathematician Dr. Francis Googol explore some of the oddest and quirkiest highways and byways of the numerically obsessed.  With numerous illustrations and appendices pointing to computer explorations, this is an original, fun-filled, and thoroughly unique introduction to numbers and their role in creativity, computers, games, practical research, and absurd adventures that teeter on the edge of logic and insanity.