Download or read book The Magic of Numbers written by Eric Temple Bell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superb, stimulating account of origins of mathematical thought and development of numerical theory. Probes the work of Pythagoras, Galileo, Berkeley, Einstein, and others, exploring influence of "number magic" on religion, philosophy, science, mathematics.