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Author : Nathan Altshiller-Court
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : OCLC:1425371
Author : Nathan Altshiller-Court
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486449685
A world-renowned mathematician takes a lighthearted look at the philosophy, form, and re-creations of mathematics, discussing the science's charm as well as its utility and historical role. 1958 edition.
Author : Nathan Court
Publisher : Signet
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1960-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0451024842
Author : Raymond Nickerson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781136945397
The development of mathematical competence -- both by humans as a species over millennia and by individuals over their lifetimes -- is a fascinating aspect of human cognition. This book explores when and why the rudiments of mathematical capability first appeared among human beings, what its fundamental concepts are, and how and why it has grown into the richly branching complex of specialties that it is today. It discusses whether the ‘truths’ of mathematics are discoveries or inventions, and what prompts the emergence of concepts that appear to be descriptive of nothing in human experience. Also covered is the role of esthetics in mathematics: What exactly are mathematicians seeing when they describe a mathematical entity as ‘beautiful’? There is discussion of whether mathematical disability is distinguishable from a general cognitive deficit and whether the potential for mathematical reasoning is best developed through instruction. This volume is unique in the vast range of psychological questions it covers, as revealed in the work habits and products of numerous mathematicians. It provides fascinating reading for researchers and students with an interest in cognition in general and mathematical cognition in particular. Instructors of mathematics will also find the book’s insights illuminating.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463588
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This volume, first published in 1977, contains columns published in the magazine from 1965-1968. This 1990 MAA edition contains a foreword by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham and a postscript and extended bibliography added by Gardner for this edition.
Author : Martin Gardner
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470463564
Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games columns in Scientific American inspired and entertained several generations of mathematicians and scientists. Gardner in his crystal-clear prose illuminated corners of mathematics, especially recreational mathematics, that most people had no idea existed. His playful spirit and inquisitive nature invite the reader into an exploration of beautiful mathematical ideas along with him. These columns were both a revelation and a gift when he wrote them; no one--before Gardner--had written about mathematics like this. They continue to be a marvel. This is the original 1971 edition and contains columns published in the magazine from 1963-1965.
Author : Benjamin L Schwartz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351843065
A collection of solitaires and games.
Author : Patricia McNitt Spross,United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Arithmetic
ISBN : OSU:32435020199170
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:319510009597245
Author : C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1420050303
For the first time, a book has brought together in one easily accessible form the best expressed thoughts that are especially illuminating and pertinent to the discipline of mathematics. Mathematically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations provides profound, wise, and witty quotes from the most famous to the unknown. You may not find all the quoted "jewels" that exist, but you will definitely a great many of them here. The extensive author and subject indexes provide you with the perfect tools for locating quotations for practical use or pleasure, and you will soon enjoy discovering what others have said on topics ranging from addition to zero. This book will be a handy reference for the mathematician or scientific reader and the wider public interested in who has said what on mathematics.
Author : Leonard M. Wapner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005-04-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781439864845
Take an apple and cut it into five pieces. Would you believe that these five pieces can be reassembled in such a fashion so as to create two apples equal in shape and size to the original? Would you believe that you could make something as large as the sun by breaking a pea into a finite number of pieces and putting it back together again? Neither did Leonard Wapner, author of The Pea and the Sun, when he was first introduced to the Banach-Tarski paradox, which asserts exactly such a notion. Written in an engaging style, The Pea and the Sun catalogues the people, events, and mathematics that contributed to the discovery of Banach and Tarski's magical paradox. Wapner makes one of the most interesting problems of advanced mathematics accessible to the non-mathematician.
Author : Nathan Carter
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781614441229
This text, by an award-winning [Author];, was designed to accompany his first-year seminar in the mathematics of computer graphics. Readers learn the mathematics behind the computational aspects of space, shape, transformation, color, rendering, animation, and modeling. The software required is freely available on the Internet for Mac, Windows, and Linux. The text answers questions such as these: How do artists build up realistic shapes from geometric primitives? What computations is my computer doing when it generates a realistic image of my 3D scene? What mathematical tools can I use to animate an object through space? Why do movies always look more realistic than video games? Containing the mathematics and computing needed for making their own 3D computer-generated images and animations, the text, and the course it supports, culminates in a project in which students create a short animated movie using free software. Algebra and trigonometry are prerequisites; calculus is not, though it helps. Programming is not required. Includes optional advanced exercises for students with strong backgrounds in math or computer science. Instructors interested in exposing their liberal arts students to the beautiful mathematics behind computer graphics will find a rich resource in this text.
Author : Arthur B. Powell,Marilyn Frankenstein
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1997-04-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0791433528
Presents the emerging field of ethnomathematics from a critical perspective, challenging particular ways in which Eurocentrism permeates mathematics education and mathematics in general.
Author : J.V. Narlikar,M. Narlikar
Publisher : Universities Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03
Category : Mathematical recreations
ISBN : 8173713987
This book introduces fundamental ideas in mathematics through intersting puzzles. Students, from age12 upwards, who are bored with routine classwork in maths will enjoy these puzzles which will sharpen will sharpen their logical reasoning. It is designed to arouse an interest in mathematics among readers among readers in the 12-18 age group.
Author : Eric W. Weisstein
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 3253 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2002-12-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781420035223
Upon publication, the first edition of the CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics received overwhelming accolades for its unparalleled scope, readability, and utility. It soon took its place among the top selling books in the history of Chapman & Hall/CRC, and its popularity continues unabated. Yet also unabated has been the d
