The Resource Thinking in numbers, by Daniel Tammet
Thinking in numbers, by Daniel Tammet
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The item Thinking in numbers, by Daniel Tammet represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes and everyday examples, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's sixth finger or his mother's unpredictable behaviour, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person and how we can make sense of those we love.Thinking in Numbers will change the way you think about maths and fire your imagination to see the world with fresh eyes
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Note
- Cover subtitle: How maths illuminates our lives
- Isbn
- 9781444737417
- Label
- Thinking in numbers
- Title
- Thinking in numbers
- Statement of responsibility
- by Daniel Tammet
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is the book that Daniel Tammet, bestselling author and mathematical savant, was born to write. In Tammet's world, numbers are beautiful and mathematics illuminates our lives and minds. Using anecdotes and everyday examples, Tammet allows us to share his unique insights and delight in the way numbers, fractions and equations underpin all our lives.Inspired by the complexity of snowflakes, Anne Boleyn's sixth finger or his mother's unpredictable behaviour, Tammet explores questions such as why time seems to speed up as we age, whether there is such a thing as an average person and how we can make sense of those we love.Thinking in Numbers will change the way you think about maths and fire your imagination to see the world with fresh eyes
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- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tammet, Daniel
- Dewey number
- 510
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Label
- Thinking in numbers, by Daniel Tammet
- Note
- Cover subtitle: How maths illuminates our lives
- Control code
- 000049699751
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9781444737417
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Label
- Thinking in numbers, by Daniel Tammet
- Note
- Cover subtitle: How maths illuminates our lives
- Control code
- 000049699751
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9781444737417
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
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