牛津通識課：數字

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帶領你三小時讀懂數字世界的簡潔與優美。　　《牛津通識課》係列叢書，是牛津大學出版社鎮社之寶。自1995年出版以來，該係列已經涉及數十種學科，包含近700本讀物，全球銷量過1000萬冊。其特點在於，每一本書對應一個主題，每個主題都由該領域的專家撰寫。確保讀者能在三...

目錄

• 序
• 01 如何不去考慮數 How Not to Think About Numbers
• 02 永無窮盡的素數 The Unending Sequence of Primes
• 03 完美的和不那麽完美的數 Perfect and Not So Perfect Numbers
• 04 密碼學：素數的秘密生活 Cryptography: the Secret Life of Primes
• 05 計數的數 Numbers That Count
• 06 數之冰山的水下部分 Below the Waterl ine of the Number Iceberg
• 07 向無窮和更遠出發! To Infinity and Beyond!
• 08 並非我們熟知的數 Numbers but Not As We Know Them
• 術語對照
• Preface
• List of illustrations
• Chapter 1 How not to think about numbers
• Chapter 2 The unending sequence of primes
• Chapter 3 Perfect and not so perfect numbers
• Chapter 4 Cryptography:the secret life of primes
• Chapter 5 Numbers that count
• Chapter 6 Below the waterline of the numbericeberg
• Chapter 7 To infinity and beyond!
• Chapter 8 Numbers but not as we know them
• Further reading