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Best writing on mathematics 2013 /
This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Among others, Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Best Writing on Mathematics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Among others, Philip Davis offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies; Elie Ayache argues that exchange prices reached in open market transactions transcend the common notion of probability. Includes a foreword by esteemed mathematical physicist Roger Penrose and an introduction by the editor, Mircea Pitici.--Provided by publisher. | ||
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