The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Geometry
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The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Geometry
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Author : David G. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Mass Market
Release Date : 1991
The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Geometry written by David G. Wells and has been published by Penguin Mass Market this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Mathematics categories.
"A companion volume to the author's "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", which focuses on arithmetic and number theory. The entries in this book cover curves, topology, tilings and all branches of plane and three-dimensional geometry, from Euclid to fractals."
The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Numbers
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Author : David Wells
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1997-09-04
The Penguin Dictionary Of Curious And Interesting Numbers written by David Wells and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-09-04 with Mathematics categories.
Why was the number of Hardy's taxi significant? Why does Graham's number need its own notation? How many grains of sand would fill the universe? What is the connection between the Golden Ratio and sunflowers? Why is 999 more than a distress call? All these questions and a host more are answered in this fascinating book, which has now been newly revised, with nearly 200 extra entries and some 250 additions to the original entries. From minus one and its square root, via cyclic, weird, amicable, perfect, untouchable and lucky numbers, aliquot sequences, the Cattle problem, Pascal's triangle and the Syracuse algorithm, music, magic and maps, pancakes, polyhedra and palindromes, to numbers so large that they boggle the imagination, all you ever wanted to know about numbers is here. There is even a comprehensive index for those annoying occasions when you remember the name but can't recall the number.
Book Of Curious And Interesting Puzzles
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Author : David Wells
language : en
Publisher: Dover Publications
Release Date : 2006
Book Of Curious And Interesting Puzzles written by David Wells and has been published by Dover Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Mathematical recreations categories.
"Of immense interest to those who enjoy recreational maths and puzzles . . . even the most hardened puzzler will find something new." -- Mathematical Gazette Puzzles are as old as history itself, following an arc like that of technology: centuries of slow progress, followed by rapid expansion in the 1800s, and an explosion of activity in the twentieth century. This collection by bestselling author David Wells, a Cambridge math scholar and teacher, follows that pattern. Its first part is devoted to puzzles from ancient Egypt and Babylon and subsequent sources, featuring those devised by Lewis Carroll, Eduard Lucas, Sam Loyd, and other master puzzlers of the Victorian era. The second part demonstrates the tremendous variety of twentieth-century puzzles. More than 560 puzzles are included, from the "mind sharpeners" of a medieval monk to the eighteenth-century Ladies' Diary, the Hindu Bhakshali manuscript, and riddles and popular rhymes. None requires any mathematics beyond the most elementary algebra and geometry -- and few require even that. Complete answers appear at the end.
The Penguin Book Of Curious And Interesting Mathematics
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Author : David G. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1997
The Penguin Book Of Curious And Interesting Mathematics written by David G. Wells and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Mathematics categories.
Collection of miscellaneous facts and anecdotes from mathematicians.
Mathographics
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Author : Robert A. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Mathographics written by Robert A. Dixon and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Mathematics categories.
Stimulating, unique book explores the possibilities of mathematical drawing through compass constructions and computer graphics. Over 100 full-page drawings demonstrate possibilities: five-point egg, golden ratio, 17-gon, plughole vortex, blancmange curve, pentasnow, turtle geometry, many more. Exercises (with answers). "A wealth of intriguing and lovely ideas." — Information Technology & Learning.
You Are A Mathematician
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Author : David Wells
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997-02-18
You Are A Mathematician written by David Wells and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-02-18 with Mathematics categories.
Explores the patterns, properties, and problems associated with numbers, looking at topics from basic arithmetic to algebraic equations, and includes over 100 brainteasers and their solutions.
Simply Maths
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Author : DK
language : en
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Release Date : 2022-02-03
Simply Maths written by DK and has been published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-03 with Mathematics categories.
Understanding maths has never been easier. Combining bold, elegant graphics with easy-to-understand text, Simply Maths is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering more than 90 key mathematical concepts from prime numbers and fractions to quadratic equations and probability experiments, each pared-back, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before. Organized by major themes - number theory and systems; calculations; geometry; algebra; graphs; ratio and proportion; measurement; probability and statistics; and calculus - entries explain the essentials of each key mathematical theory with simple clarity and for ease of understanding. Whether you are studying maths at school or college, or simply want a jargon-free overview of the subject, this indispensable guide is packed with everything you need to understand the basics quickly and easily.
The Wonder Book Of Geometry
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Author : David Acheson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-22
The Wonder Book Of Geometry written by David Acheson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-22 with Mathematics categories.
How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet? David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers
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Author : Paul Hoffman
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2024-05-07
The Man Who Loved Only Numbers written by Paul Hoffman and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A funny, marvelously readable portrait of one of the most brilliant and eccentric men in history." --The Seattle Times Paul Erdos was an amazing and prolific mathematician whose life as a world-wandering numerical nomad was legendary. He published almost 1500 scholarly papers before his death in 1996, and he probably thought more about math problems than anyone in history. Like a traveling salesman offering his thoughts as wares, Erdos would show up on the doorstep of one mathematician or another and announce, "My brain is open." After working through a problem, he'd move on to the next place, the next solution. Hoffman's book, like Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash, A Beautiful Mind, reveals a genius's life that transcended the merely quirky. But Erdos's brand of madness was joyful, unlike Nash's despairing schizophrenia. Erdos never tried to dilute his obsessive passion for numbers with ordinary emotional interactions, thus avoiding hurting the people around him, as Nash did. Oliver Sacks writes of Erdos: "A mathematical genius of the first order, Paul Erdos was totally obsessed with his subject--he thought and wrote mathematics for nineteen hours a day until the day he died. He traveled constantly, living out of a plastic bag, and had no interest in food, sex, companionship, art--all that is usually indispensable to a human life." The Man Who Loved Only Numbers is easy to love, despite his strangeness. It's hard not to have affection for someone who referred to children as "epsilons," from the Greek letter used to represent small quantities in mathematics; a man whose epitaph for himself read, "Finally I am becoming stupider no more"; and whose only really necessary tool to do his work was a quiet and open mind. Hoffman, who followed and spoke with Erdos over the last 10 years of his life, introduces us to an undeniably odd, yet pure and joyful, man who loved numbers more than he loved God--whom he referred to as SF, for Supreme Fascist. He was often misunderstood, and he certainly annoyed people sometimes, but Paul Erdos is no doubt missed. --Therese Littleton
The Mathematical Experience Study Edition
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Author : Philip Davis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2011-10-27
The Mathematical Experience Study Edition written by Philip Davis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-27 with Mathematics categories.
Winner of the 1983 National Book Award! "...a perfectly marvelous book about the Queen of Sciences, from which one will get a real feeling for what mathematicians do and who they are. The exposition is clear and full of wit and humor..." - The New Yorker (1983 National Book Award edition) Mathematics has been a human activity for thousands of years. Yet only a few people from the vast population of users are professional mathematicians, who create, teach, foster, and apply it in a variety of situations. The authors of this book believe that it should be possible for these professional mathematicians to explain to non-professionals what they do, what they say they are doing, and why the world should support them at it. They also believe that mathematics should be taught to non-mathematics majors in such a way as to instill an appreciation of the power and beauty of mathematics. Many people from around the world have told the authors that they have done precisely that with the first edition and they have encouraged publication of this revised edition complete with exercises for helping students to demonstrate their understanding. This edition of the book should find a new generation of general readers and students who would like to know what mathematics is all about. It will prove invaluable as a course text for a general mathematics appreciation course, one in which the student can combine an appreciation for the esthetics with some satisfying and revealing applications. The text is ideal for 1) a GE course for Liberal Arts students 2) a Capstone course for perspective teachers 3) a writing course for mathematics teachers. A wealth of customizable online course materials for the book can be obtained from Elena Anne Marchisotto ([email protected]) upon request.