The mathematics lover's companion : masterpieces for everyone / Edward Scheinerman.
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xx, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780300223002 (hbk)
- 0300223005 (hbk)
- 510/.76 23
- QA43 .S337 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
In bite-sized chapters that require only high school algebra, [Edward Scheinerman] invites recreational mathematicians and neophytes alike to try their hands at solving mathematical puzzles and provides an engaging and friendly tour of numbers, shapes, and uncertainty. The result is an unforgettable introduction to the fundamentals and pleasures of thinking mathematically. -- From book jacket.
Part I. Number : 1. Prime numbers ; 2. Binary ; 3. 0.999999999999... ; 4. [Square root of]2 ; 5. i ; 6. [Pi] ; 7. e ; 8. [Infinity] ; 9. Fibonacci numbers ; 10. Factorial! ; 11. Benford's law ; 12. Algorithm ; -- Part II. Shape: 13. Triangles ; 14. Pythagoras and Fermat ; 15. Circles ; 16. The platonic solids ; 17. Fractals ; 18. Hyperbolic geometry -- Part III. Uncertainty: 19. Nontransitive dice ; 20. Medical probability ; 21. Chaos ; 22. Social choice and Arrow's theorem ; 23. Newcomb's paradox.
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