The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count on by Julian Havil
The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count on

Julian Havil

The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count on

Julian Havil

312 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science informative medium-paced
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The ancient Greeks discovered them, but it wasn't until the nineteenth century that irrational numbers were properly understood and rigorously defined, and even today not all their mysteries have been revealed. In "The Irrationals," the first popu...

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