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Chartier, Timothy P., 1969–

Math bytes : Google bombs, chocolate-covered pi, and other cool bits in computing / Timothy P. Chartier.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-691-16060-3 (acid-free paper) 1. Mathematics–Popular works.

2. Mathematics–Data processing–Popular works.

3. Computer science–Popular works. I. Title.

QA93.C47 2014

510–dc23

2013025378

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