"Meet JJ, an unusual character with a unique vantage position from which he can measure and monitor humanity's progress. Armed with a device that compels all around it to tell the truth, JJ offers a satirical evaluation of our attitudes to numeracy and logic, touching upon sever…
Die Verflixte Mathematik Der Demokratie
DIE VERFLIXTE MATHEMATIK DER DEMOKRATIE ist eine Erläuterung und historische Einführung in die Probleme, die in einer Demokratie entstehen können. Die Mehrheitswahl und die Zuteilung von Sitzen in einem Parlament werfen mathematische Fragen auf, zu deren Beschreibung zwar nicht …
Howard Eves has enjoyed a long, distinguished career as a teacher, geometer, writer, editor and historian of mathematics. A renowned teacher and scholar, Eves spent most of his career at the University of Maine at Orono, and more recently at Central Florida University. For twent…
Long known as a mathematical storyteller, Howard Eves here writes his personal reminiscences#x97;mostly mathematical, some not. The cast of characters includes Albert Einstein, Norbert Wiener, Julian Lowell Coolidge, Maurice Fréchet, Nathan Altschiller-Court, G.H. Hardy, and man…
Howard Eves has enjoyed a long, distinguished career as a teacher, geometer, writer, editor and historian of mathematics. A renowned teacher and scholar, Eves spent most of his career at the University of Maine at Orono, and more recently at Central Florida University. For twent…
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