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* How topologists figured out the way to turn a smokestack into a bowling ball -- and why.
* How game theorists discovered that to elect the candidate of your choice you must sometimes vote for his opponent.
* How computer theorists intend to create a robot that will think for itself -- and do all the housework.
* How cryptographers have been laboring since 1822 to decipher a map that will lead to a buried treasure worth millions of dollars.
Archimedes' Revenge takes the reader on a guided tour of the world of contemporary mathematics and makes its infinite marvels comprehensible, relevant, and fun.
"A breezy and lighthearted account of a number of topics in and around the periphery of mathematics . . . Mr. Hoffman approaches mathematics as a storyteller, and a good one." -- The New York Times Book Review
"From the Paperback edition.
* How topologists figured out the way to turn a smokestack into a bowling ball -- and why.
* How game theorists discovered that to elect the candidate of your choice you must sometimes vote for his opponent.
* How computer theorists intend to create a robot that will think for itself -- and do all the housework.
* How cryptographers have been laboring since 1822 to decipher a map that will lead to a buried treasure worth millions of dollars.
Archimedes' Revenge takes the reader on a guided tour of the world of contemporary mathematics and makes its infinite marvels comprehensible, relevant, and fun.
"A breezy and lighthearted account of a number of topics in and around the periphery of mathematics . . . Mr. Hoffman approaches mathematics as a storyteller, and a good one." -- The New York Times Book Review
"From the Paperback edition.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780393327755 |
| ISBN-10: | 0393327752 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hoffman, Paul |
| Hersteller: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Paul Hoffman |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.1988 |
| Gewicht: | 0,426 kg |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Mathematik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9780393327755 |
| ISBN-10: | 0393327752 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Hoffman, Paul |
| Hersteller: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Maße: | 216 x 140 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Paul Hoffman |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.1988 |
| Gewicht: | 0,426 kg |
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