The Universal Book of Mathematics: From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
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Praise for:
The Universal Book of Astronomy
"A first-rate resource for readers and students of popular astronomy and general science. . . . Highly recommended."-Library Journal
"A comprehensive survey and . . . a rare treat."-Focus
The Complete Book of Spaceflight
"Darling's content and presentation will have any reader moving from entry to entry."-The Observatory magazine
Life Everywhere
"This remarkable book exemplifies the best of today's popular science writing: it is lucid, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable."-Science Books & Films
"An enthralling introduction to the new science of astrobiology."-Lynn Margulis
Equations of Eternity
"One of the clearest and most eloquent expositions of the quantum conundrum and its philosophical and metaphysical implications that I have read recently."-The New York Times
Deep Time
"A wonderful book. The perfect overview of the universe."-Larry Niven
The Universal Book of Astronomy
"A first-rate resource for readers and students of popular astronomy and general science. . . . Highly recommended."-Library Journal
"A comprehensive survey and . . . a rare treat."-Focus
The Complete Book of Spaceflight
"Darling's content and presentation will have any reader moving from entry to entry."-The Observatory magazine
Life Everywhere
"This remarkable book exemplifies the best of today's popular science writing: it is lucid, informative, and thoroughly enjoyable."-Science Books & Films
"An enthralling introduction to the new science of astrobiology."-Lynn Margulis
Equations of Eternity
"One of the clearest and most eloquent expositions of the quantum conundrum and its philosophical and metaphysical implications that I have read recently."-The New York Times
Deep Time
"A wonderful book. The perfect overview of the universe."-Larry Niven
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Book details
- Author
- David Darling
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 400
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Topics
- math encyclopedia · numbers · probability · statistics · puzzles · math reference
- ISBN-13
- 9780471270478
About the author
DAVID DARLING is a British astronomer and freelance science writer with more than twenty years of full-time science writing and the author of numerous popular science books. His recent books include The Complete Book of Spaceflight, The Universal Book of Astronomy and Gravity’s Arc: The Story of Gravity from Aristotle to Einstein and Beyond.
Darling holds a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Manchester. His book Equations of Eternity was named a New York Times Notable Book, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times, New Scientist and the Guardian.
David lives in Dundee, Scotland.