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really well presented overview of how we came to learn about and appreciate e. some highlights:
* history of logarithms
* description of bernoulli's logarithmic spiral
- showing how the spiral can be used to represent musical notes
* explanation of hyperbolic sines and cosines
i wish the book had gone into a little more detail about the relationship of e with complex numbers. ...more
* history of logarithms
* description of bernoulli's logarithmic spiral
- showing how the spiral can be used to represent musical notes
* explanation of hyperbolic sines and cosines
i wish the book had gone into a little more detail about the relationship of e with complex numbers. ...more
This book talks more about the history of math than it does specifically about the number e, but that was just fine with me. The downside, though, was how inadequate it made me feel at times. Once upon a time, I knew smart(ish) math things, but it's been so long, that I've forgotten most of it! Argh!
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