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Maor Eli - E: The Story Of A Number - Paperback Learning Cambridge University Press)Binding: Paperback Description: The interest earned on a bank account the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious number e. In this informal and engaging history Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number. Designed for a reader with only a modest mathematical background this biography brings out the central