AS EASY AS PI: STUFF ABOUT NUMBERS THAT ISN’ T (JUST) MATHS

Book ID/图书代码： 09220009B31644

English Summary/英文概要： It’s hard to imagine a world without numbers in this day and age, when our whole life is centred around commerce and money, and it is the only language that is the same the world over. However, did you know that for a long period of time people could not get their heads around the idea of zero, a figure representing nothing, and that it was even regarded as heretical in some circles? "Easy as Pi" is an entertaining and accessible guide, written for those who love numbers - and those who don’t - and uncovers a great deal of lore and intriguing information, including: snippets of fascinating numerical facts; myths and mysticism in the world of numbers; numbers in language and used as slang; pop-culture trivia; and, useful mathematical rules to remember (and some that it would be easier to forget). Taking a quirky and insightful look at the world of numbers, "Easy as Pi" will delight and entertain any number enthusiast.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 很难想象一个没有数字的世界在这个时代,当我们整个生活是围绕商业和金钱，它是唯一的语言，全世界都是一样的。然而，你知道吗，在很长一段时间人无法获得零的想法，这个数字代表什么，甚至在某些圈子里是被视为异端？此书是一个娱乐性和平易近人的指南，为那些热爱数字的人和那些不喜欢的揭示了大量的知识和有趣的信息，包括：迷人的数值事实片段；神话和神秘的数字世界；在语言数量和使用的俚语；流行文化的琐事；并且，有用的数学规则来记住（并且有时会更容易忘记）。以古怪的和有见地的看数字的世界里，此书将使任何一个数字狂热者欢欣鼓舞。(LNL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Jamie Buchan, 前身为Westminster学校的皇后的学者，现在是爱丁堡大学的一个本科生一直对数字的数学和文化意义感兴趣。他是作家和政治家John Buchan的曾孙（Tweedsmuir第一任），有着明确的惊悚作品，其中有《39步和《Greenmantle》，畅销了好多年；其中前者三次被改编成电影——令人难忘的由Alfred Hitchcock同 Robert Donat和Madeleine Carroll在1935改编的那一版。一个备受推崇的小说家James Buchan的侄子和园艺作家与记者Ursula Buchan，他也与畅销小说家Elizabeth Buchan相关联。总之，书溶于他的血液中，尽管他没有声称自己的写作是对抗那些他的杰出的相关者们。这，是他的第一本书，展示了数字们亦是在流淌在他的血液中；不仅仅是 John Buchan写的《39步》但在他的其他小说中有《三个人质》和《有四朵云的房子》。

Jamie Buchan, formerly a Queen’s Scholar of Westminster School and now an undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh, has always been interested by the mathematical and cultural significance of numbers. He is a great-grandson of the writer and statesman John Buchan (first Lord Tweedsmuir), whose definitive thrillers, among them The Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle, have been bestsellers for many years; The Thirty-Nine Steps has been filmed three times - memorably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1935, with Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. A nephew of the highly regarded novelist James Buchan and the gardening writer and journalist Ursula Buchan, he is also related to the bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan. In short, books are in his blood, although he makes no claim for his own writing as against the works of his distinguished relations. This, his first book, shows that numbers are also in his blood; not only did John Buchan write The Thirty-Nine Steps, but among his other novels are The Three Hostages and The House of the Four Winds.

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