The Square Root of 2 A Dialogue Concerning a Number and a Sequence /

• Main Author: Flannery, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2006.
• Subjects: Popular works.; Mathematics.; History.; Number theory.; Popular Science.; Popular Science, general.; Number Theory.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

The square root of 2 is a fascinating number – if a little less famous than such mathematical stars as pi, the number e, the golden ratio, or the square root of –1. (Each of these has been honored by at least one recent book.) Here, in an imaginary dialogue between teacher and student, readers will...

Table of Contents:

• Asking the Right Questions
• Irrationality and Its Consequences
• The Power of a Little Algebra
• Witchcraft
• Odds and Ends
• Epilogue.