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...

To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite - New Edition von Maor, Eli

E: The Story of a Number (Princeton Science Library, 72)

"Die Zahl e: Geschichte und Geschichten" von Eli Maor ist ein faszinierendes Buch, das die historische Entwicklung und die mathematische Bedeutung der Zahl e untersucht. Die Zahl e, auch bekannt als Eulersche Zahl, spielt eine zentrale...

"Trigonometric Delights" von Eli Maor ist ein faszinierendes Buch, das die Welt der Trigonometrie auf unterhaltsame und zugängliche Weise erkundet. Es führt den Leser durch die historische Entwicklung der Trigonometrie, beginnend mit den...

Trigonometry has a reputation as a dry, difficult branch of mathematics, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation. In Trigonometric Delights, Eli Maor dispels this view. Rejecting the usual descriptions of sine,...

Trigonometric Delights von Maor, Eli

Music is filled with mathematical elements. The works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote music explicitly based on mathematical principles. Yet Eli...

If you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much a work of art as a book about mathematics, Beautiful Geometry presents more than sixty exquisite color...

Music is filled with mathematical elements, the works of Bach are often said to possess a math-like logic, and Igor Stravinsky said "musical form is close to mathematics," while Arnold Schoenberg, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz...