Ian Stewart. Neymovirni chysla profesora Styuarta. (Professor Stewart's Incredible Numbers)

"The most interesting book about numbers! With his inherent wit, Ian Stewart highlights amazing properties of numbers, tells stories of outstanding mathematical breakthroughs from antiquity to the present, reveals secrets of mathematical codes, ciphers, and Sudoku, the fourth dimension, Rubik's cube, and the game of "15"... He proves that mathematics is an integral part of our lives."
Translated from English by Anatoliy Khlivny
In Ukrainian.
Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 130x200 mm
Number of pages: 384, illustrated
Publisher: Bookclub, Kharkiv
Contents:

- Peredmova

Chysla:

- Pokhodzhennja chysel

- Chyslova systema, shcho postiyno zrostaje

- Shcho take chyslo?

1. Mali chysla:

- Nepodil‘na odynytsja

- Neparne y parne

- Kubichne rivnjannja

- Kvadrat

- Pifahorova hipotenuza

- Kontaktne chyslo

- Cheverte proste chyslo

- Kub Fibonachchi

- Mahichnyy kvadrat

- Desjatkova systema

2. Nul‘ ta vid'jemni chysla:

- Nishcho – tse chyslo chy ni?

- Menshe nizh nichoho

3. Kompleksni chysla:

- i. Ujavne chyslo

4. Ratsional‘ni chysla:

- Dilennja nepodil‘noho

- Nablyzhennja do pi

- Khanoys‘ka vezha

5. Irratsional‘ni chysla:

- Pershe vidome irratsional‘ne chyslo

- Vymirjuvannja kola

- Zolote chyslo

- Natural‘ni loharyfmy

- Fraktaly

- Upakuvannja kul‘

- Muzychna shkala

- Konstanta Aperi

- Oylerova konstanta

6. Osoblyvi mali chysla:

- Teorija strun

- Pentamino

- Bahatokutnyky i vizerunky

- Paradoks dniv narodzhennja

- Tajemni shyfry

- Hipoteza pro kovbasu

- Skinchenna heometrija

7. Velyki chysla:

- Faktorialy

- Kubik Rubika

- Sudoku

- Naybil‘she vidome proste chyslo

8. Neskinchenni chysla:

- Alef-nul‘: neymensha neskinchennist‘

- Kardynal kontynuumu

9. Sut‘ Zhyttja, Isnuvannja Vsesvitu y...

- Zovsim ne nudno

- Dodatkova literatura

- Podjaky