force numerical eval of exp(%e)



Probably a trivial q but can't seem to find an answer in 
the documentation --

How does one absolutely force maxima to evaluate expressions numerically
(floats) at all levels of an expression?  I am working on function
expansions that have lots of nested exponentials and logs.
The problem is that the %E's  multiply like rabbits and I need to cook them down.

I won't list all the failed attempts, but so far I haven't hit on 
any combination of (fullmap, float, ev, numer, fullratsimp) that works.

							Thanks,
								Steve