TY - BOOK ID - 77886923 TI - E PY - 2009 SN - 0691168482 1283379872 9786613379870 1400832349 9781400832347 9781283379878 9780691141343 0691141347 0691033900 9780691033907 0691058547 9780691058542 PB - Princeton, N.J. DB - UniCat KW - e (The number) KW - Napier number KW - Number, Napier KW - Logarithmic functions KW - Transcendental numbers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77886923 AB - 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 importance of e to mathematics and illuminates a golden era in the age of science. ER -