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The Irrationals : A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On by Julian Havil is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Irrationals : A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On about?
The first popular history of irrational numbers and their discoverers, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first centuryThe 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 popular and comprehensive book on the subject, Julian Havil tells the story of irrational numbers and the mathematicians who have tackled their challenges, from antiquity to the twenty-first century. Along the way, he explains why irrational numbers are surprisingly difficult to define—and why so many questions still surround them. Fascinating and illuminating, this is a book for everyone who loves math and the history behind it.
Who reads The Irrationals : A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Julian Havil
- Publisher
- Princeton: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691143422
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.8 / 5 (59 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14