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A tour through the fascinating connections between mathematics and games. Rules, tactics and strategy of familiar games such as chess are considered with a mathematical eye; and the author then shows how game playing can inform the thinking of mathematicians themselves.
A tour through the fascinating connections between mathematics and games. Rules, tactics and strategy of familiar games such as chess are considered with a mathematical eye; and the author then shows how game playing can inform the thinking of mathematicians themselves.
Über den Autor
David Wells is the author of more than a dozen books on popular mathematics, puzzles and recreations. He has written many articles on mathematics teaching and a secondary mathematics course based on problem-solving. A former British under-21 chess champion, he has also worked as a game inventor and puzzle editor.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Mathematical recreations and abstract games: 1. Recreations from Euler to Lucas; 2. Four abstract games; 3. Mathematics and games: mysterious connections; 4. Why chess is not mathematics; 5. Proving versus checking; Part II. Mathematics: game-like, scientific and perceptual: 6. Game-like mathematics; 7. Euclid and the rules of his geometrical game; 8. New concepts and new objects; 9. Convergent and divergent series; 10. Mathematics becomes game-like; 11. Maths as science; 12. Numbers and sequences; 13. Computers and mathematics; 14. Mathematics and the sciences; 15. Minimum paths from Heron to Feynmann; 16. The foundations: perception, imagination and insight; 17. Structure; 18. Hidden structure, common structure; 19. Mathematics and beauty; 20. Origins: formality in the everyday world; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Mathematik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 258 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781107690912 |
ISBN-10: | 1107690919 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wells, David |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Wells |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.10.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,379 kg |
Über den Autor
David Wells is the author of more than a dozen books on popular mathematics, puzzles and recreations. He has written many articles on mathematics teaching and a secondary mathematics course based on problem-solving. A former British under-21 chess champion, he has also worked as a game inventor and puzzle editor.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; Part I. Mathematical recreations and abstract games: 1. Recreations from Euler to Lucas; 2. Four abstract games; 3. Mathematics and games: mysterious connections; 4. Why chess is not mathematics; 5. Proving versus checking; Part II. Mathematics: game-like, scientific and perceptual: 6. Game-like mathematics; 7. Euclid and the rules of his geometrical game; 8. New concepts and new objects; 9. Convergent and divergent series; 10. Mathematics becomes game-like; 11. Maths as science; 12. Numbers and sequences; 13. Computers and mathematics; 14. Mathematics and the sciences; 15. Minimum paths from Heron to Feynmann; 16. The foundations: perception, imagination and insight; 17. Structure; 18. Hidden structure, common structure; 19. Mathematics and beauty; 20. Origins: formality in the everyday world; Bibliography; Index.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Mathematik |
Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
Thema: | Lexika |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Seiten: | 258 |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9781107690912 |
ISBN-10: | 1107690919 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wells, David |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Wells |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.10.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,379 kg |
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