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1	E: The Story of a Number more books like this by Eli Maor add to wishlist The story of pi has been told many times, both in scholarly works and in popular books. But its close relative, the number e, has fared less well. Despite the central role it plays in mathematics, its history has never before been written for a general audience. The present work fills this gap. Geared to the reader with only a modest background in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science more books like this by Michael S Schneider add to wishlist An imaginative tour of the numbers one through ten that illustrates how they consistently recur in everything from nature, technology, art, and science to mythology and the unconscious in archetypal patterns and principles. Richly illustrated with computer graphics and classical art. see all copies from $8.50! new only from $11.35! \| SVS
3	Elementary Number Theory and Its Applications more books like this by Kenneth H Rosen add to wishlist The fourth edition of Kenneth Rosen's widely used and successful text, Elementary Number Theory and Its Applications, preserves the strengths of the previous editions, while enhancing the book's flexibility and depth of content coverage. The blending of classical theory with modern applications is a hallmark feature of the text. The Fourth ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $21.58! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Number Theory more books like this by George E Andrews add to wishlist Undergraduate text uses combinatorial approach to accommodate both math majors and liberal arts students. Covers the basics of number theory, offers an outstanding introduction to partitions, plus chapters on multiplicativity-divisibility, quadratic congruences, additivity, and more see all copies from $4.62! new only from $7.02! \| SVS
5	Mathematical Theory of Communication more books like this by Claude E Shannon, Warren Weaver add to wishlist Scientific knowledge grows at a phenomenal pace-but few books have had as lasting an impact or played as important a role in our modern world as "The Mathematical Theory of Communication", published originally as a paper on communication theory in the "Bell System Technical Journal" more than fifty years ago. Republished in book form shortly ... see all copies from $8.74! new only from $24.00! \| first editions
6	Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law more books like this by Peter Woit add to wishlist When does physics depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble theology? Peter Woit argues that string theory isnt just going in the wrong direction, its not even science. Not Even Wrong shows that what many physicists call superstring theory is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, not even wrong ones, and this very lack ... see all copies from $2.52! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Elementary number theory more books like this by David M Burton add to wishlist "Elementary Number Theory, Sixth Edition", is written for the one-semester undergraduate number theory course taken by math majors, secondary education majors, and computer science students. This contemporary text provides a simple account of classical number theory, set against a historical background that shows the subject's evolution from ... see all copies from $10.49! new only from $32.37! \| SVS
8	Elementary Number Theory more books like this by Gareth A Jones, Josephine M Jones, J M Tyrer-Jones add to wishlist This book gives an undergraduate-level introduction to Number Theory, with the emphasis on fully explained proofs and examples; exercises (with solutions) are integrated into the text. The first few chapters, covering divisibility, prime numbers and modular arithmetic, assume only basic school algebra, and are therefore suitable for first or ... see all copies from $18.95! new only from $26.46! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Higher Arithmetic: An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers more books like this by Harold Davenport add to wishlist The theory of numbers is generally considered to be the 'purest' branch of pure mathematics and demands exactness of thought and exposition from its devotees. It is also one of the most highly active and engaging areas of mathematics. Now into its eighth edition The Higher Arithmetic introduces the concepts and theorems of number theory in a way ... see all copies from $3.96! new only from $23.27! \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers more books like this by Ivan Morton Niven add to wishlist This undergraduate textbook describes the computational aspects of number theory, such as techniques of factoring. Problems of varying difficulty are used throughout the text to aid comprehension. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $27.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory more books like this by Joseph Silverman add to wishlist For courses in Elementary Number Theory for non-math majors, for mathematics education students, and for Computer Science students. This is an introductory undergraduate text designed to entice non-math majors into learning some mathematics, while teaching them to think mathematically at the same time. Starting with nothing more than basic high ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $77.87! \| first editions
12 view cover	Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem more books like this by Amir D Aczel, PhD add to wishlist In 1995, a Princeton-based mathematician showed up at a scientific conference and dropped a bombshell. He had succeeded in deciphering one of mathematics' great secrets, one that thousands had puzzled over for many centuries: he had proven Fermat's Last Theorem in a 200 page paper. This is the story of the people, the history, and the cultures ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.70! \| first editions
13 view cover	A First Course in Abstract Algebra more books like this by Joseph J Rotman add to wishlist For one-semester or two-semester undergraduate courses in Abstract Algebra.This new edition has been completely rewritten. The four chapters from the first edition are expanded, from 257 pages in first edition to 384 in the second. Two new chapters have been added: the first 3 chapters are a text for a one-semester course; the last 3 chapters are ... see all copies from $3.49! new only from $23.64! \| first editions
14 view cover	Number Properties GMAT Preparation Guide more books like this by Manhattan GMAT Prep (Creator) add to wishlist Number Properties (1 of the 8 books in Manhattan GMAT's Preparation Guide series) provides a highly organized and structured approach to the variety of questions in this quantitative content area. Students are presented with a comprehensive analysis of the properties and rules of integers tested on the GMAT--everything from prime products to ... see all copies from $2.39! new only from $19.33! \| SVS
15 view cover	Dr Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills more books like this by Paul J Nahin add to wishlist 'I used to think math was no fun 'cause I couldn't see how it was done. Now Euler's my hero. For, I now see why zero equals e[pi] i+1' - Paul Nahin, electrical engineer. In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $24.21! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Beginning number theory more books like this by Neville Robbins add to wishlist see all copies from $7.90! new only from $38.10! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Riemann Hypothesis: The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics more books like this by Karl Sabbagh add to wishlist An engaging, informative, and wryly humorous exploration of one of the great conundrums of all time In 1859 Bernhard Riemann, a shy German mathematician, wrote an eight-page article giving an answer to a problem that had long puzzled mathematicians. But he didn't provide a proof. In fact, he said he couldn't prove it but he thought that his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers more books like this by Georg Cantor add to wishlist The famous articles, 1895-7, that founded a new branch of mathematics. Covers addition, multiplication and exponentiation of cardinal numbers, smallest transfinite cardinal numbers, ordinal types of simple ordered aggregates, more. Translated with introduction by P. Jourdain. see all copies from $2.98! new only from $7.02! \| SVS
19 view cover	An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers more books like this by G H Hardy, E M Wright add to wishlist An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by G.H. Hardy and E. M. Wright is found on the reading list of virtually all elementary number theory courses and is widely regarded as the primary and classic text in elementary number theory. Developed under the guidance of D.R. Heath-Brown this Sixth Edition of An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $31.47! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Number. the Language of Science more books like this by Tobias Dantzig add to wishlist "Number" is an eloquent, accessible tour de force that reveals how the concept of number evolved from prehistoric times through the twentieth century. Tobias Dantzig shows that the development of mathafrom the invention of counting to the discovery of infinityais a profoundly human story that progressed by atrying and erring, by groping and ... see all copies from $2.43! new only from $5.91! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Modular Forms and Fermat's Last Theorem more books like this by Gary Cornell (Editor), Glenn Stevens (Editor), Joseph H Silverman (Editor) add to wishlist This volume contains expanded versions of lectures given at an instructional conference on number theory and arithmetic geometry held August 9 through 18, 1995 at Boston University. The purpose of the conference, and of this book, is to introduce and explain the many ideas and techniques used by Wiles in his proof that every (semi- stable) ... see all copies from $22.68! new only from $22.68! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mathematical Mysteries: The Beauty and Magic of Numbers more books like this by Calvin C Clawson add to wishlist Why seemingly unrelated mathematical truths are connected in simple and beautiful equations continues to stump even mathematicians. This recreational math book takes the reader on a fantastic voyage into the world of natural numbers. From the earliest discoveries of the ancient Greeks to various fundamental characteristics of the natural number ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $3.00! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Book of Numbers: The Secret of Numbers and How They Changed the World more books like this by Peter J Bentley, PhD add to wishlist Well illustrated with photos, diagrams and digital imagery, this is enthusiastic and intriguing chronicle searches for the meaning of numbers and explores puzzling aspects of the mathematical world, and the people who made it. see all copies from $5.06! new only from $15.13! \| SVS
24 view cover	Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters more books like this by James J Tattersall add to wishlist This textbook is intended to serve as a one-semester introductory course in number theory and in this second edition it has been revised throughout and many new exercises have been added. Historical perspective is included and emphasis is given to some of the subject's applied aspects; in particular the field of cryptography is highlighted. At the ... see all copies from $28.06! new only from $28.06! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Fabulous Fibonacci Numbers more books like this by Dr. Alfred S Posamentier, Ingmar Lehmann add to wishlist The most ubiquitous, and perhaps the most intriguing, number pattern in mathematics is the Fibonacci sequence. In this simple pattern beginning with two ones, each succeeding number is the sum of the two numbers immediately preceding it (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ad infinitum). Far from being just a curiosity, this sequence recurs in structures ... see all copies from $15.30! new only from $15.30! \| first editions

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