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Math Hysteria
Fun and Games with Mathematics
Taschenbuch von Ian Stewart
Sprache: Englisch

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One of the world's most popular writers on mathematics presents a wealth of mathematical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale. 20 cartoons.
One of the world's most popular writers on mathematics presents a wealth of mathematical puzzles, each one spun around an amazing tale. 20 cartoons.
Über den Autor
Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. An active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday award for furthering the public understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and he delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC. His many books include From Here to Infinity: a guide to today's mathematics, The Science of Discworld and The Science of Discworld II, What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: I know that you know that . . .

  • 2: Domino theories

  • 3: Turning the tables

  • 4: The anthropomurphic principle

  • 5: Counting the cattle of the sun

  • 6: The great drain robbery

  • 7: Two-way jigsaw puzzles

  • 8: Tales of a neglected number

  • 9: Is Monopoly fair?

  • 10: Monopoly revisited

  • 11: A guide to computer dating

  • 12: Dividing the spoils

  • 13: Squaring the square

  • 14: The bellows conjecture

  • 15: Purposefully piling pyramids

  • 16: Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster

  • 17: Choosily chomping chocolate

  • 18: Shedding a little darkness

  • 19: Preposterous piratical predicaments

  • 20: Million-dollar minesweeper

  • Further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Rubrik: Schule & Lernen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 235
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198613367
ISBN-10: 0198613369
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stewart, Ian
Hersteller: Sydney University Press
Maße: 233 x 159 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2004
Gewicht: 0,396 kg
preigu-id: 102511541
Über den Autor
Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at Warwick University. An active research mathematician, he is also a well-known popularizer of mathematics and related areas of science. In 1995 he was awarded the Royal Society's Michael Faraday award for furthering the public understanding of science; his book Nature's Numbers was shortlisted for the 1996 Rhone-Poulenc Prize for Science Books; and he delivered the 1997 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, televised by the BBC. His many books include From Here to Infinity: a guide to today's mathematics, The Science of Discworld and The Science of Discworld II, What Shape is a Snowflake? and Flatterland.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: I know that you know that . . .

  • 2: Domino theories

  • 3: Turning the tables

  • 4: The anthropomurphic principle

  • 5: Counting the cattle of the sun

  • 6: The great drain robbery

  • 7: Two-way jigsaw puzzles

  • 8: Tales of a neglected number

  • 9: Is Monopoly fair?

  • 10: Monopoly revisited

  • 11: A guide to computer dating

  • 12: Dividing the spoils

  • 13: Squaring the square

  • 14: The bellows conjecture

  • 15: Purposefully piling pyramids

  • 16: Be a dots-and-boxes grandmaster

  • 17: Choosily chomping chocolate

  • 18: Shedding a little darkness

  • 19: Preposterous piratical predicaments

  • 20: Million-dollar minesweeper

  • Further reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Rubrik: Schule & Lernen
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 235
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198613367
ISBN-10: 0198613369
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Stewart, Ian
Hersteller: Sydney University Press
Maße: 233 x 159 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: Ian Stewart
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2004
Gewicht: 0,396 kg
preigu-id: 102511541
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