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Puzzles, games, and tricks, understanding the mystery and magic of numbers, Jerome S. Meyer

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Puzzles, games, and tricks, understanding the mystery and magic of numbers, Jerome S. Meyer

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Puzzles, games, and tricks

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Jerome S. Meyer

Sub title

understanding the mystery and magic of numbers

Summary

Fun facts, formulas, and Fibonacci numbers-a brain-teasing book that brings mathematical ideas to life. Just how big is a billion? Well, if you had a billion dollars and invested it in a business that lost a thousand dollars a day, do you know how long it would take you to go broke? Answer: Two thousand years! Although few of us really understand figures greater than a few thousand, we live in a vast world of numbers. Puzzles, Games, and Tricks confronts this world in a fun, informative, and accessible way. Contained within its pages is a gold mine of information to absorb and comprehend, including mathematical puzzles, formulas, games, and tricks that will captivate readers young and old. Author Jerome S. Meyer provides a fascinating and amazing key to the magic world of numbers-in one of the most readable books on mathematics ever published

Target audience

adult

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