Bryan Bunch takes an unusual approach to describing what makes certain numbers both unique and essential for mental calculation. In the same way that detailed bird illustrations aid birdwatchers, "The Kingdom of the Infinite Number" is a field guide to commonly encountered "species" of numbers that illuminate unusual mathematical patterns and relationships. Each number is described in terms of field marks, similar species, personality and associations. Other numerical topics of interest to maths fans, such as triangular or fibonacci numbers and the meaning of infinity, are interspersed.
- ISBN10 0716733889
- ISBN13 9780716733881
- Publish Date 10 January 2000
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 December 2007
- Publish Country US
- Imprint W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 399
- Language English