From the mysterious cult of Pythagoras and the awesome mechanics of Stonehenge to the 'gargoyles' and fractals on today's computers, mathematics has always been a powerful, even divine force in the world. In a lively, intelligent synthesis of maths, mysticism and science fiction, Clifford Pickover explains the eternal magic of numbers. Taking a uniquely humorous approach, he appoints the reader 'Chief Historian' of an intergalactic museum who must travel, along with a quirky cast of characters, hurtling through the ages to explore how individuals used numbers for such purposes as predicting the end of the world, finding love and winning wars.
- ISBN10 1402764006
- ISBN13 9781402764004
- Publish Date 1 May 2009 (first published 21 March 1997)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 27 June 2013
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Sterling Publishing Co Inc
- Imprint Sterling
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English