The Mathematical Tourist

Ivars Peterson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1998 | 2nd Revised edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7167-3250-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In this updated edition of the text new sections are included on proofs, fractals, prime numbers and chaos. The author pushes behind the symbols and lines of formulae to explore the ideas of professional mathematicians.

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Peterson pushes past rows of symbols and lines of formulae to explore the central ideas and inspirations behind the work of professional mathematicians in language non-mathematicians can understand. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include all the latest information on proofs, fractals, prime numbers and chaos.

Inhalt

Explorations; prime pursuits; twists of space; shadows from higher dimensions; ants in labyrinths; the dragons of chaos; life stories; in abstract terrain.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.7.1998
• Zusatzinfo: 111 illustrations, index
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 460 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-7167-3250-5 / 0716732505
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-3250-1 / 9780716732501
• Zustand: Neuware