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Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures - Couverture souple

Stewart, Ian

 
9780465017751: Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0465017754 ISBN 13 : 9780465017751
Editeur : Basic Books, 2010

Synopsis

Opening another drawer in his Cabinet of Curiosities, renowned mathematics professor Ian Stewart presents a new medley of games, paradoxes, and riddles in Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. With wit and aplomb, Stewart mingles casual puzzles with grander forays into ancient and modern mathematical thought.

Amongst a host of arcane and astonishing facts about every kind of number from irrational and imaginary to complex and cuneiform, we learn:

  • How to organize chaos
  • How matter balances anti-matter
  • How to turn a sphere inside out (without creasing it)
  • How to calculate pi by observing the stars
  • . . . and why you can't comb a hairy ball.


Along the way Stewart offers the reader tantalizing glimpses of the mathematics underlying life and the universe. Mind-stretching, enlightening, and endlessly amusing, Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures will stimulate, delight, and enthrall.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ian Stewart is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. His recent books include Calculating the Cosmos, Significant Figures, In Pursuit of the Unknown, and Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. He is a fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in Coventry, UK.

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Éditeur
Basic Books
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0465017754
ISBN 13 
9780465017751
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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