2n: A Story of the Power of Numbers
- 1961
- 2m
The consequences of multiplying a number by itself are illustrated by a legend in which a king promises his vizier a reward of one grain of wheat for the first square on a chess board, to be... Read allThe consequences of multiplying a number by itself are illustrated by a legend in which a king promises his vizier a reward of one grain of wheat for the first square on a chess board, to be doubled for each of the 63 succeeding squares.The consequences of multiplying a number by itself are illustrated by a legend in which a king promises his vizier a reward of one grain of wheat for the first square on a chess board, to be doubled for each of the 63 succeeding squares.