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A crystal-clear picture of the number world, showing how the modern number system matured over many centuries, and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics
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Peter M. Higgins is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Essex University. He is a research algebraist but has written five popular mathematics books that bring mathematical matters to a wide audience. He is the inventor of Circular Sodoku, which has appeared throughout the world in magazines, books, the internet, and on handheld computer games.
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