Easy as pi - Jamie Buchan
the countless ways we use numbers every day
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Have you ever wondered what makes "seventh heaven" and "cloud nine" so blissful and the number 13 so unlucky? Here's the "4-1-1" on the origins of numerical expressions and the importance of numbers in fiction, film, culture, and religion, including:
How 007 became James Bond's number Imaginary numbers and how they exist How the binary system manages to say so much with only two numbers That bedding has nothing to do with being "three sheets to the wind" The burning literary question: Why did Ray Bradbury na...
How 007 became James Bond's number Imaginary numbers and how they exist How the binary system manages to say so much with only two numbers That bedding has nothing to do with being "three sheets to the wind" The burning literary question: Why did Ray Bradbury na...
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2010 Uitgever: Reader's Digest 176 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1606521349 ISBN-13: 9781606521342Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Staat: Als nieuw. Hardcover. Titel: Easy as Pi. Jaar van uitgave: 2009. Taal: Engels. Lichte gebruik-/opslagsporen [Auteur: Jamie Buchan] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Reader's Digest Association] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: Easy as Pi]
