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Numbers : A Very Short Introduction, Paperback by Higgins, Peter M., ISBN 0199584052, ISBN-13 9780199584055, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Numbers 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.
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