1089 and All That

A Journey into Mathematics

Acheson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

2010
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-959002-5 (ISBN)

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This excellent book, written by the established author David Acheson, makes mathematics accessible to everyone. Providing an entertaining and witty overview of the subject, the text includes several fascinating puzzles, and is accompanied by numerous illustrations and sketches by world famous cartoonists. This unusual book is one of the most readable explanations of mathematics available.

Dr David Acheson Fellow, Jesus College Oxford

1. 1089 and All That ; 2. "In Love with Geometrie" ; 3. But ... that's Absurd ... ; 4. The Trouble with Algebra ; 5. The Heavens in Motion ; 6. All Change! ; 7. On Being as Small as Possible ; 8. "Are We Nearly There?" ; 9. A Brief History of pi ; 10. Good Vibrations ; 11. Great Mistakes ; 12. What is the Secret of All Life? ; 13. e=2.718 ... ; 14. Chaos and Catastrophe ; 15. Not Quite the Indian Rope Trick ; 16. Real or Imaginary?

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.10.2010
Zusatzinfo	line drawings and halftones throughout
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	122 x 173 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
	Kinder- / Jugendbuch
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10	0-19-959002-8 / 0199590028
ISBN-13	978-0-19-959002-5 / 9780199590025
Zustand	Neuware