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100 1 $aPickover, Clifford A.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88283280
245 12 $aA passion for mathematics :$bnumbers, puzzles, madness, religion, and the quest for reality /$cClifford A. Pickover.
260 $aHoboken, N.J. :$bWiley,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axiv, 394 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 383-386) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tNumbers, history, society, and people -- $g2.$tCool numbers -- $g3.$tAlgebra, percentages, weird puzzles, and marvelous mathematical manipulations -- $g4.$tGeometry, games, and beyond -- $g5.$tProbability : take your chances -- $g6.$tBig numbers and infinity -- $g7.$tMathematics and beauty.
520 1 $a"A Passion for Mathematics is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix of history, biography, philosophy, number theory, geometry, probability, huge numbers, and mind-bending problems into a collection that is sure to please math buffs, students, and experienced mathematicians alike."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aMathematics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85082139
852 00 $bmat$hQA39.3$i.P53 2005