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Prime Curios!: The Dictionary of Prime Number Trivia
This is a dictionary of prime number trivia, an eclectic collage of miscellaneous facts. A few of these tidbits have deep mathematical significance, but many are simple observations which require no mathematics. For example, in what year did England make it illegal to jail a jury for returning the "wrong" decision? What was Jenny's phone number in Tommy Tutone's hit song? What is the highest number of votes a candidate received for the U.S. Presidency while incarcerated? Other results are quasi-mathematical, such as those having to do with the shape or representation of a number. Consider the prime 18181: This number is the same forwards, backwards, and even upside down--do you know how many of these primes there are? Can a prime be small and even, and at the same time, large and odd? The heart of our book is the 235-page dictionary of 2151 curios about 1095 different primes recorded dictionary style as brief entries, with over 150 tables and figures.
316 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2009
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February 4, 2018
The best math porn I've ever read :) I am usually a fast reader, but I savored this book for almost a week!
August 20, 2016
Amazing facts about prime numbers. The world of primes is a treasure house with no clear pattern but with surprising irregularity. A great book for any numberphile.
June 29, 2020
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