Alex through the looking-glass : how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers /: how numbers reflect life and life reflects numbers. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alex Bellos ; illustrations by the Surreal McCoy.
• Authors: Bellos, Alex, 1969-
• Contents: Every number tells a story -- The long tail of the law -- Love triangles -- Coneheads -- Bring on the revolution -- All about e -- The positive power of negative thinking -- Professor calculus -- The titlk of this chapter contains three erors -- Cell mates.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 339 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 510; Mathematics & science; Mathematics -- Social aspects -- Popular works; Mathematics; Mathematics -- Social aspects; Electronic books; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781408845752
• Related ISBNs: 140884575X; 9781408817773; 1408817772; 9781408850985; 1408850982
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-322) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.