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020			_a9780199584055 (pbk.)
020			_a0199584052 (pbk.)
050		4	_aQA241 _bH54 2011
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100	1		_aHiggins, Peter M., _d1956- _0(local)69178
245	1	0	_aNumbers : _ba very short introduction / _cPeter M. Higgins.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2011.
300			_axiii, 132 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aVery short introductions ; _v260
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (125-127) and index.
505	0		_aCh. 1. How not to think about numbers -- ch. 2. The unending sequence of primes -- ch. 3. Perfect and not so perfect numbers -- ch. 4. Cryptography : the secret life of primes -- ch. 5. Numbers that count -- ch. 6. Below the waterline of the number iceberg -- ch. 7. To infinity and beyond! -- ch. 8. Numbers but not as we know them.
520			_aNumbers are integral to our everyday lives and feature in everything we do. Here, Peter M. Higgins, the renowned mathematics writer, unravels the world of numbers. Using non-technical language and painting a rich and comprehensive picture of the 'idea' of the number, he explores how the modern number system developed. Explaining the remarkable variety of number types and showing how they behave, he introduces the key concepts from integers and fractions to real and imaginary numbers. --Book Jacket.
650		0	_aNumber theory. _0(local)69179
650		7	_aNumber theory. _2fast _0(local)69179
830		0	_aVery short introductions ; _v260. _0(local)29719
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