Overview: intrinsic construction of maths, applications, cultural history, relevance in natural phenomena and art, philosophy.bidecimal numbers, trip-trap game, reductive formulas for roots and nomograms, geome.This book, which is aimed at general readers interested in maths as well as professional mathematicians, addresses numerous aspects of this spell-binding science. In particular, the book shows how mathematics is structured and how it works. Practical examples are discussed as well as the general role of maths in culture and art, in nature and in everyday life. The topics covered range f
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