Mathematics
by Currie, Mel
Mathematics: Rhyme and Reason is an exploration of the aesthetic value of mathematics and the culture of the mathematics community. This book introduces budding mathematicians of all ages to mathematical ways of thinking through a series of chapters that mix episodes from the author's life with explanations of intriguing mathematical concepts and the stories of the mathematicians who discovered them. The chapters can be read independently, and most require only a background in basic high school…
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- Full title :Mathematics.
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Mathematics: Rhyme and Reason is an exploration of the aesthetic value of mathematics and the culture of the mathematics community. This book introduces budding mathematicians of all ages to mathematical ways of thinking through a series of chapters that mix episodes from the author's life with explanations of intriguing mathematical concepts and the stories of the mathematicians who discovered them. The chapters can be read independently, and most require only a background in basic high school algebra or geometry to appreciate the topics covered. Part personal memoir, part appreciation of the.
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- Publication Date:2018.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):American mathematical Society
- Place of Publication:Providence
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (194 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781470449889, 1470449889
- oclc:on1065413199
- LC Classification:QA11.2
- Dewey Decimal:510.71/2
Table of Contents
Cover; Title page; Preface; Chapter 1. The Riddle; Chapter 2. Primes; Chapter 3. Some Geometry; Chapter 4. Mysterious Pattern; Chapter 5. Some Things Add Up. Some Don't.; Chapter 6. A Tangential Remark; Chapter 7. Plus or Minus; Chapter 8. Making the Optimal Choice; Chapter 9. Impossibilities; Chapter 10. Magnitudes of Infinity; Chapter 11. The Inevitable (Sperner's Lemma-The Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem); Chapter 12. Consider the Sequence (Fibonacci and Golden Ratio); Chapter 13. What Are the Chances?; Chapter 14. The Euler Line; Chapter 15. The Dissertation.
Chapter 16. The Next Prime Number Is? (Gandhi's Formula)Chapter 17. Bulgarian Solitaire; Chapter 18. Which is Bigger? (^{ } versus ^{ }); Chapter 19. Fascinating; Chapter 20. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous; Chapter 21. A Few More Words; Photos and Pictures; Appendix A. Notation, etc.; Appendix B. Mysterious; Appendix C. Impossibilities; Appendix D. Magnitudes; Appendix E. Fascinating; Back Cover.
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