Table of Contents
Preface |
Where’d This Book Come From? |
Who This Book Is For |
How to Read This Book |
What Do You Need? |
Acknowledgments |
1. | Natural Numbers |
The Naturals, Axiomatically Speaking |
Using Peano Induction |
2. | Integers |
What’s an Integer? |
Constructing the Integers—Naturally |
3. | Real Numbers |
The Reals, Informally |
The Reals, Axiomatically |
The Reals, Constructively |
4. | Irrational and Transcendental Numbers |
What Are Irrational Numbers? |
The Argh! Moments of Irrational Numbers |
What Does It Mean, and Why Does It Matter? |
5. | Zero |
The History of Zero |
An Annoyingly Difficult Number |
6. | e: The Unnatural Natural Number |
The Number That’s Everywhere |
History |
Does e Have a Meaning? |
7. | φ: The Golden Ratio |
What Is the Golden Ratio? |
Legendary Nonsense |
Where It Really ... |
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