Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 19,23 MB
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0191547395
Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0191647454
Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0198613369
Welcome to Ian Stewart's strange and magical world of mathematics! In Math Hysteria, Professor Stewart presents us with a wealth of magical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale: Counting the Cattle of the Sun; The Great Drain Robbery; and Preposterous Piratical Predicaments; to name but a few. Along the way, we also meet many curious characters: in short, these stories are engaging, challenging, and lots of fun!
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,93 MB
Release : 2006-10-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0191500712
Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle — challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.
Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2017-11-04
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0192526715
Calculus is the key to much of modern science and engineering. It is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. But it is also something of a mathematical adventure, largely because of the way infinity enters at virtually every twist and turn... In The Calculus Story David Acheson presents a wide-ranging picture of calculus and its applications, from ancient Greece right up to the present day. Drawing on their original writings, he introduces the people who helped to build our understanding of calculus. With a step by step treatment, he demonstrates how to start doing calculus, from the very beginning.
Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0191624802
From the mathematics of mazes, to cones with a twist, and the amazing sphericon - and how to make one - Ian Stewart is back with more mathematical stories and puzzles that are as quirky as they are fascinating, and each from the cutting edge of the world of mathematics. We find out about the mathematics of time travel, explore the shape of teardrops (which are not tear-drop shaped, but something much, much more strange!), dance with dodecahedra, and play the game of Hex, amongst many more strange and delightful mathematical diversions.
Author : LIT Verlag
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 33,63 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3643963653
Essays collected in this volume deal with various problems from the philosophy of mathematics. What connects them are two questions: how mathematics is created and how it is acquired. In 'Three Worlds of Mathematics' we are familiarized with David Tall's ideas pertaining to the embodied, symbolic and formal worlds of mathematics. In 'Basic Ideas of Intuitionism', we focus on an epistemological approach to mathematics which is distinctive to constructive mathematics. The author focuses on the computational content of intuitionistic logic and shows how it relates to functional programming. 'The Brave Mathematical Ant' carefully selects mathematical puzzles related to teaching experiences in a way that the solution requires creativity and is not obtainable by following an algorithm. Moreover the solution gives us some new insight into the underlying idea. 'Degrees Of Accessibility Of Mathematical Objects' discusses various criteria which can be used to judge accessibility of mathematical objects. We find logical complexity, range of applications, existence of a physical model as well as aesthetic values. Jerzy Pogonowski, Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna? Szymon Chlebowski, Faculty of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna? Barbara Borkowicz, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna?
Author : Isaac Elishakoff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
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ISBN : 303140419X
Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 39,19 MB
Release : 2023-01-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 019284508X
What makes mathematics so special? Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or solve quadratic equations for fun, David Acheson's book will make you look at mathematics afresh. Following on from his previous bestsellers, The Calculus Story and The Wonder Book of Geometry, here Acheson highlights the power of algebra, combining it with arithmetic and geometry to capture the spirit of mathematics. This short book encompasses an astonishing array of ideas and concepts, from number tricks and magic squares to infinite series and imaginary numbers. Acheson's enthusiasm is infectious, and, as ever, a sense of quirkiness and fun pervades the book. But it also seeks to crystallize what is special about mathematics: the delight of discovery; the importance of proof; and the joy of contemplating an elegant solution. Using only the simplest of materials, it conjures up the depth and the magic of the subject.
Author : Alkhalifa, Eshaa
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 32,43 MB
Release : 2006-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 159140844X
"This book identifies the main areas of cognitive science and for each area, how different system designs benefit from the findings made in that area"--Provided by publisher.
