How Numbers Work av New Scientist

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<p><b>Think of a number between one and ten.</b><br>No, hang on, let''s make this interesting. Between <i>zero</i> and <i>infinity</i>. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, there are a lot to choose from - an infinite number in fact. Throw in decimal fractions and infinity suddenly gets an awful lot bigger (is that even possible?) And then there are the negative numbers, the imaginary numbers, the irrational numbers like <i>pi</i> which never end. It literally never ends.<br><br>The world of numbers is indeed strange and beautiful. Among its inhabitants are some really notable characters - <i>pi</i>, <i>e</i>, the "imaginary" number <i>i</i> and the famous golden ratio to name just a few. Prime numbers occupy a special status. Zero is very odd indeed: is it a number, or isn''t it?<br><br><i>How Numbers Work </i>takes a tour of this mind-blowing but beautiful realm of numbers and the mathematical rules that connect them. Not only that, but take a crash course on the biggest unsolved