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A Passion for Mathematics: Numbers, Puzzles, Madness, Religion, and the Quest for Reality
ISBN: 978-0-471-69098-6
Paperback
408 pages
July 2005
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Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

1. Numbers, History, Society, and People.

2. Cool Numbers.

3. Algebra, Percentages, Weird Puzzles, and Marvelous Mathematical Manipulations.

4. Geometry, Games, and Beyond.

5. Probability: Take Your Chances.

6. Big Numbers and Infinity.

7. Mathematics and Beauty.

Answers.

References.

Index.