Introduction: The Magic of Numbers
Chapter 1: Starting with Numbers
Chapter 2: Numbers Put to Work
Chapter 3: The Shape of Things
Chapter 4: In the Round
Chapter 5: The Magic Formula
Chapter 6: Grasping the Infinite
Chapter 7: Numbers at Work and Play
Chapter 8: The Death of Numbers
Chapter 9: Proving It
Glossary
Index

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Anne Rooney gained a degree and a PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge. After teaching at the universities of Cambridge and York, she became a full-time writer. She has written many books on the history and philosophy of science and other aspects of science and technology. She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge.

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