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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 numbere. 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 background in mathematics, this biography ofebrings out that number's central importance in mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science.

Preface
John Napier, 1614	p. 3
Recognition	p. 11
Financial Matters	p. 23
To the Limit, If It Exists	p. 28
Forefathers of the Calculus	p. 40
Prelude to Breakthrough	p. 49
Squaring the Hyperbola	p. 58
The Birth of a New Science	p. 70
The Great Controversy	p. 83
e[superscript x]: The Function That Equals its Own Derivative	p. 98
e[superscript theta]: Spira Mirabilis	p. 114
(e[superscript x] + e[superscript -x])/2: The Hanging Chain	p. 140
e[superscript ix]: ""The M
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