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Mathematics.
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Mathematics -- Popular works.
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1 online resource (xxvi, 224 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
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data file rda |
| Contents |
Foreword / Roger Penrose -- Introduction / Mircea Pitici -- The prospects for mathematics in a multimedia civilization / Philip J. Davis -- Fearful symmetry / Ian Stewart -- E pluribus unum : from complexity, universality / Terence Tao -- Degrees of separation / Gregory Goth -- Randomness / Charles Seife -- Randomness in music / Donald E. Knuth -- Playing the odds / Soren Johnson -- Machines of the infinite / John Pavlus -- Bridges, string art, and Bézier curves / Renan Gross -- Slicing a cone for art and science / Daniel S. Silver -- High fashion meets higher mathematics / Kelly Delp -- The Jordan curve theorem is nontrivial / Fiona Ross and William T. Ross -- Why mathematics? What mathematics? / Anna Sfard -- Math anxiety : who has it, why it develops, and how to guard against it / Erin A. Maloney and Sian L. Beilock -- How old are the platonic solids? / David R. Lloyd -- Early modern mathematical instruments / Jim Bennett -- A revolution in mathematics? What really happened a century ago and why it matters today / Frank Quinn -- Errors of probability in historical context / Prakash Gorroochurn -- The end of probability / Elie Ayache -- An abc proof too tough even for mathematicians / Kevin Hartnett. |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Pitici, Mircea, 1965-
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Penrose, Roger,
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| ISBN |
9781400847990 (electronic book) |
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1400847990 (electronic book) |
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9781306154161 (electronic book) |
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1306154162 (electronic book) |
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9780691160412 (paperback) |
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0691160414 (paperback) |
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