LEADER 00000nam 22004935i 4500 003 NjBwBT 005 20180628162451.0 006 m o d u 007 cr un ---uuuuu 008 180427s2013 xx o 000 0beng d 020 9780316250795 :|c$78.00 020 0316250791 :|c$78.00 035 (OCoLC)856524711|z(OCoLC)856997129 037 0013216079|bBaker & Taylor 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cNjBwBT|dUtOrBLW 069 09475683 099 eBook Boundless 100 1 Tammet, Daniel. 245 10 Thinking in numbers :|bon life, love, meaning, and math / |cDaniel Tammet.|h[Boundless electronic resource] 264 1 |bLittle Brown & Co.,|c2013. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 text file|2rda 505 0 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 Khayyam -- Counting by elevens -- The admirable number of Pi -- Einstein's equations -- A novelist's calculations -- 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. 520 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. His idiosyncratic worldview gives us new perspecttives on the universal questions of what it is to be human and how we make meaning. This book will change the way you think about math and fire your imagination to see the world with fresh eyes.--From publisher description. 538 Requires Boundless App. 650 0 Mathematics|vPopular works. 650 0 Mathematics|xSocial aspects. 650 7 Mathematics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01012163 650 7 Mathematics|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01012230 655 4 Electronic books. 655 7 Popular works.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423846 710 2 Boundless (Digital media service) |0_aBoundless_(Digital_media_service) 856 40 |uhttps://naper.boundless.baker-taylor.com/ng/view/library /title/0013216079|zFound on Boundless