TY - BOOK AU - Maor,Eli TI - The story of a number SN - 8173712123 U1 - 512.73 MAO PY - 1999/// CY - Hyderguda PB - University Press KW - The number N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Although the story of pi has been told exhaustively, the fate of its close relative, the number e, has fared less well, despite the central role it plays in mathematics. This study, geared to readers with only a modest background in maths, describes the mathematicians involved in e's discovery ER -