1089 and all that :

By: Acheson, D. JMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010, c2002Description: v, 178 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: 9780199590025 (pbk.); 0199590028 (pbk.)Other title: Ten eighty-nine and all that | One thousand and eighty-nine and all that | 1089 + all that = a journey into mathematics [Cover title]Subject(s): MathematicsDDC classification: 510 .A177
Contents:
1089 and all that -- 'In love with geometry' -- But, that's absurd -- The trouble with algebra -- The heavens in motion -- All change! -- On being as small as possible -- 'Are we nearly there?' -- A brief history of [pi] -- Good vibrations -- Great mistakes -- What is the secret of all life? -- E = 2.718 -- Chaos and catastrophe -- Not quite the Indian rope trick -- Real or imaginary?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index.

1089 and all that -- 'In love with geometry' -- But, that's absurd -- The trouble with algebra -- The heavens in motion -- All change! -- On being as small as possible -- 'Are we nearly there?' -- A brief history of [pi] -- Good vibrations -- Great mistakes -- What is the secret of all life? -- E = 2.718 -- Chaos and catastrophe -- Not quite the Indian rope trick -- Real or imaginary?