The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St.
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 e.
In this informal and engaging history, Eli Maor portrays the curious characters and the elegant mathematics that lie behind the number.
Louis are all intimately connected with the mysterious Number e .
The interest earned on a bank account, the arrangement of seeds in a sunflower, and the shape of the Gateway Arch in St