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Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography - Higgins, Peter Michael
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Peter Higgins distills centuries of work into one delightful narrative that celebrates the mystery of numbers and explains how different kinds of numbers arose and why they are useful. Full of historical snippets and interesting examples, the book ranges from simple number puzzles and magic tricks, to showing how ideas about numbers relate to real-world problems. This fascinating book will inspire and entertain readers across a range of abilities. Easy material is blended with more challenging ideas. As our understanding of ...

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Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography 2016, Copernicus Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781447168515

Trade paperback

Number Story: From Counting to Cryptography 2008, Copernicus Books, London

ISBN-13: 9781848000001

2008 edition

Hardcover