Easy as Pi : The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day

English

ISBN: 1606521349

EAN: 9781606521342

Category: Mathematics / General/Body, Mind & Spirit / Numerology/

Publisher: Readers Digest Association, Incorporated, The

Release Date: 07/04/2011

Synopsis: Have you ever wondered what makes seventh heaven and cloud nine so blissful and the number 13 so unlucky? Or why fourth-dimensional thinking is really out of this world? Inside Easy as Pi, youll find the 4-1-1 on: Seventh heaven and what makes it so blissful The number 13 and why its so unlucky Imaginary numbers and how they exist The binary system and how it manages to say so much with only two numbers How your bedding has nothing to do with being three sheets to the wind The burning literary question: Why did Ray Bradbury name his novel Fahrenheit 451? A block of Social Security numbers that will never ever be assigned to anyone

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Easy as Pi : The Countless Ways We Use Numbers Every Day

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 5.28 inches

Length: 8.12 inches

Weight: 10.76 oz

Pages: 176