The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and In
β David Wells
π Library
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1987
π Penguin Books
π English
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The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Numbers: Revised Edition
β Scribed by David Wells
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 230
- Series
- Penguin Press Science
- Edition
- Revised
- Category
- Library
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First published in 1986, this mind-boggling and entertaining dictionary, arranged in order of magnitude, exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequences - very large primes, amicable numbers and golden squares to give but a few examples.
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