e : the story of a number / Eli Maor.
e : the story of a number / Eli Maor.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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T0392442
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English
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xiv, 223 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
1. John Napier, 1614 -- 2. Recognition -- 3. Financial Matters -- 4. To the Limit, If It Exists --5. Forefathers of the Calculus -- 6. Prelude to Breakthrough -- 7. Squaring the Hyperbola -- 8. The Birth of a New Science -- 9. The Great Controversy --10. e[superscript x]: The Function That Equals it...
App. 5. An Alternative Definition of the Logarithmic Function -- App. 6. Two Properties of the Logarithmic Spiral -- App. 7. Interpretation of the Parameter [phi] in the Hyperbolic Functions -- App. 8. e to One Hundred Decimal Places.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1994.
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New Jersey
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c1994.
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e : the story of a number / Eli Maor.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-215) and index.
Transferred from N512.73/1.
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c1994.
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T0392442
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74VKJJ4mXmXg
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0691033900
9780691058542 (pbk.)
0691058547 (pbk.)
9780691033907 :
0691033900 :
9780691033907
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512.73
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991022138329702626
