Figuring It Out : Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math
This is a book of mathematical stories funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occu...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Copernicus
[20..].
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edició: | 1st ed. 2010. |
| Accés en línia: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Figuring It Out, Texte imprimé, 9783642048326 • Figuring It Out, Texte imprimé, 9783642048579 • Figuring It Out, Texte imprimé, 9783662505526 |
| Sumari: | This is a book of mathematical stories funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations. This book is about the power and beauty of mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. It is a book for enticing youngsters and inspiring teachers. Nuno Crato is a leading science writer and mathematician, whose entertaining essays have won a number of international awards. |
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| Descripció de l’ítem: | Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) Archives Springer e-books (Licence nationale) |
| ISBN: | 9783642048333 |
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