Thinking in numbers : on life, love, meaning, and math / Daniel Tammet.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316187372
- ISBN: 9780316187374
- Physical Description: xii, 271 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First North American edition
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013.
- Copyright: ©2012
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 Family Values 3 -- 2 Eternity in an Hour 11 -- 3 Counting to Four in Icelandic 21 -- 4 Proverbs and Times Tables 33 -- 5 Classroom Intuitions 44 -- 6 Shakespeare's Zero 55 -- 7 Shapes of Speech 63 -- 8 On Big Numbers 74 -- 9 Snowman 85 -- 10 Invisible Cities 94 -- 11 Are We Alone? 105 -- 12 Calendar of Omar Khayyám 117 -- 13 Counting by Elevens 126 -- 14 Admirable Number Pi 134 -- 15 Einstein's Equations 148 -- 16 A Novelist's Calculus 161 -- 17 Book of Books 174 -- 18 Poetry of the Primes 183 -- 19 All Things Are Created Unequal 195 -- 20 A Model Mother 206 -- 21 Talking Chess 219 -- 22 Selves and Statistics 232 -- 23 Cataract of Time 247 -- 24 Higher than Heaven 255 -- 25 Art of Math 263.
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- Mathematics > Popular works.
Mathematics > Social aspects.
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | 510 TAM (Text) | 36015000661898 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
