This exploration of the relation between periods and transcendental numbers brings Baker's theory of linear forms in logarithms into its most general framework,

'The book is mainly addressed to the non-expert reader, in that it assumes only a little background in complex analysis and algebraic geometry, but no previous

Leading experts explore the relation between periods and transcendental numbers, using a modern approach derived from the theory of motives.

Alan Baker's systematic account of transcendental number theory, with a new introduction and afterword explaining recent developments.

Explores the recent spectacular applications of point-counting in o-minimal structures to functional transcendence and diophantine geometry.