ONE TO NINE: THE INNER LIFE OF NUMBERS
Book ID/图书代码： 08740007B11521
English Summary/英文概要： Have you ever thought about the uniqueness and simplicity of One, or what it means to be Two? Is Four really so square and why are there Seven days of the week, Seven deadly sins, or even Seven wonders of the world? In One to Nine, Andrew Hodges brings numbers to life. Inspired by the popularity of Sudoku – and millennia of human attempts to figure things out – this pithy, kaleidoscopic book takes a fresh, witty and hands-on approach to such various topics as musical harmony, code breaking, and probabilities in poker and lotteries. It probes the surprising symmetries of time, space, matter, and forces. It even goes to the heart of what computers can do.
Andrew Hodges weaves together the inner life of numbers – the patterns of primes and powers that we try to grasp, and that have us in their grip. Accessible to anyone with a general curiosity and interest in puzzles, One to Nine might even have you completing a fiendish Sudoku in record time.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你思考过“一”的独特性和简单性吗？你知道“二”意味着什么吗？“四”真的是一个平方数吗，以及为什么一星期有“七”天？是“七宗罪”、“七大奇迹”而不是别的数字？在《一到九》中，安德鲁·霍奇斯使数字都活了起来。安德鲁的灵感来源于非常流行的数独游戏，以及几千年来人们试图破解谜题的努力，这本精炼、千变万化的《一到九》将会带领读者走上一条新奇智慧的数字之旅，你会了解到有关音乐和声、密码破解以及扑克和彩票奥秘的种种主题。这本书探索了时间、空间、事务和力量的平衡，它甚至探索了电脑的核心。
安德鲁·霍奇斯将数字的内在生命编织在一起，解密了我们一直想要破解奥妙。任何有好奇心和对谜题感兴趣的人，《一到九》能让你在下次的数独游戏中脱颖而出哦。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“这本书讲述了有关数字的所有事情，智慧而有趣，使读者有无限的动力，想要去探索更多。”——《每日电邮》（英国）
“霍奇斯总是从每日的生活总挖掘出新鲜的事物。你可以像旅客一样，新奇地望着路上的风景，哪怕对技术的细节感到困惑，还是能被其中蕴藏的准则而深深吸引。”——《每日邮报》（英国）
“对数字感兴趣的人都会喜欢这本书，尤其是那些对数学的好奇心已经超过本身能力的人。”——《星期天电报》（英国）
“《一到九》涉及了文学、音乐、哲学、政治，是一本令人愉快的读物。”——《泰晤士报》（英国）
"A virtuoso stream of consciousness containing everything important there is to say about numbers. . . . Cogent, charming and deeply personal. . . . One to Nine makes the unfathomable enticing and gives the reader tremendous motivation to explore further."---Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Hodges is. . .very good at pulling numerical rabbits out of everyday hats. . . .You can skip through the facts like a tourist, marvelling at the sights thrust in your path and still feeling impressed by the principles that underpin them, even when the technical detail eludes you."---Daily Mail (UK)
"The ideal book for everyone interested in the only universal language, especially if their mathematical curiosity exceeds their skill."---Sunday Telegraph (UK)
"One to Nine ranges widely through literature, music, philosophy, politics, and whatever else occurs to its author, in a charmingly scholarly and entertaining way. A joyous read."---Times (UK)
About the Author/作者介绍： 安德鲁·霍奇斯是《阿兰·图灵：破解谜团》的作者，小说讲述了英国电脑先锋和密码破解者的故事。安德鲁热衷于基础物理的研究，现是牛津大学伍德寒学院的会员。
Andrew Hodges is the author of Alan Turing: The Enigma, the story of the British computer pioneer and codebreaker. He is active in research into fundamental physics and is a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford University.
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