图书基本信息

"E: " the Story of a Number
作者： Eli Maor;
ISBN13： 9780691168487
类型： 平装(简装书)
语种： 英语（English）
出版日期： 2015-09-22
出版社： Princeton University Press
页数： 248
重量（克）： 272
尺寸： 21.336 x 13.97 x 2.032 cm

商品简介

The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical background, this biography brings out the central importance of e to mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.