Thinking in Numbers On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math

Name: Thinking in Numbers On Life, Love, Meaning, and Math
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ISBN: 9780316187374

ISBN-10: 0316187372

ISBN-13: 9780316187374

Edition: N/A

Authors: Daniel Tammet

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A stunning rumination on math and numbers from the bestselling author ofBorn on a Blue Day.THINKING IN NUMBERS is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes, everyday examples, and ruminations on history, literature, and more, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions, and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's eleven fingers, or his many siblings, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a…

Book details

List price: $26.00
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 7/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface



Family Values



Eternity in an Hour



Counting to Four in Icelandic



Proverbs and Times Tables



Classroom Intuitions



Shakespeare's Zero



Shapes of Speech



On Big Numbers



Snowman



Invisible Cities



Are We Alone?



The Calendar of Omar Khayyï¿½m



Counting by Elevens



The Admirable Number Pi



Einstein's Equations



A Novelist's Calculus



Book of Books



Poetry of the Primes



All Things Are Created Unequal



A Model Mother



Talking Chess



Selves and Statistics



The Cataract of Time



Higher than Heaven



The Art of Math


Acknowledgments