Table of Contents: 1. Counting 2. The Search for Prime Numbers 3. The World Record Holders 4. The Distribution of Primes 5. Prime Races, Emirps, and More 6. The Baffling Law of Benford 7. What is so Special about 6174?
The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers
First published in 1986, this mind-boggling and entertaining dictionary, arranged in order of magnitude, exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequences - very large primes, amicable numbers and golden squares to give but a few examples.
Goddard (U. of New England) presents this book for advanced students and professionals in linguistics describing the natural semantic metalanguage (NSM) framework for investigating semantic primes cross-linguistically, and detailing a number of metalanguage studies and problems therein. Chapters look at topics that include: the specificational "be" and abstract "this/it," a systematic table of semantic elements, semantic primes in Amharic, semantic primes and their grammar in the polysynthetic language of East Cree, hyperpolysemy in Bunuba (Australia), the ethnogeometry of Makasai (East Timor), and the semantics of "inalienable possession" in Koromu (Papua New Guinea).