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Numbers: Their Tales, Types, and Treasures
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Prometheus Books
Publication date August 11, 2015
Pages 400
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781633880306
ISBN-10 1633880303
Dimensions 1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight 1.10 lbs.
Original list price $19.00
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Did you grow up thinking math is boring? It’s time to reconsider. This book will teach you everything you ever wondered about numbers—and more.

How and why did human beings first start using numbers at the dawn of history? Would numbers exist if we Homo sapiens weren’t around to discover them? What’s 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. 

You’ll never look at those squiggles on your calculator the same again.

Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780405037108
 
With Alfred S. Posamentier, William H. Kilpartrick | from Ayer Co Pub (February 1, 1972); titled "Foundations of Method: Informal Talks on Teaching"
Paperback
Book cover for 9781633880306
 
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With Alfred S. Posamentier | from Prometheus Books (August 11, 2015)
9781633880306 | details & prices | 400 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $19.00
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