Numbers: A Very Short Introduction By: Peter M Higgins [Audiobook]

Author: Peter M. Higgins
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson

Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world, showing how the modern number system matured over many centuries, and introducing key concepts such as integers, fractions, real and imaginary numbers, and complex numbers. Higgins sheds light on such fascinating topics as the series of primes, describing how primes are now used to encrypt confidential data on the internet. He also explores the infinite nature of number collections and explains how the so-called real numbers knit together to form the continuum of the number line.

Written in the fashion of Higgins’ highly popular science paperbacks, Numbers accurately explains the nature of numbers and how so-called complex numbers and number systems are used in calculations that arise in real problems.

1.5M	01. Preface.mp3
17M	02. How Not To Think About Numbers.mp3
13M	03. The Unending Sequence Of Primes.mp3
12M	04. Perfect And Not So Perfect Numbers.mp3
19M	05. Cryptography The Secret Life Of Primes.mp3
20M	06. Numbers That Count.mp3
18M	07. Below The Waterline Of The Number Iceberg.mp3
24M	08. To Infinity And Beyond!.mp3
22M	09. Numbers But Not As We Know Them.mp3
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