The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012 /

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This annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field. The Best Writing on Mathematics 2012 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere el...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mumford, David, 1937-, Pitici, Mircea, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Mathematics.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: The Synergy of Pure and Applied Mathematics, of the Abstract and the Concrete / David Mumford
  • Introduction / Mircea Pitici
  • Why Math Works / Mario Livio
  • Is Mathematics Discovered or Invented? / Timothy Gowers
  • The Unplanned Impact of Mathematics / Peter Rowlett
  • An Adventure in the Nth Dimension / Brian Hayes
  • Structure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers / Terence Tao
  • The Strangest Numbers in String Theory / John C. Baez and John Huerta
  • Mathematics meets Photography: The Viewable Sphere / David Swart and Bruce Torrence
  • Dancing Mathematics and the Mathematics of Dance / Sarah-Marie Belcastro and Karl Schaffer
  • Can One Hear the Sound of a Theorem? / Rob Schneiderman
  • Flat-Unfoldability and Woven Origami Tesselations / Robert J. Lang
  • A Continuous Path from High School Calculus to University Analysis / Timothy Gowers
  • Mathematics Teacher's Subtle, Complex Disciplinary Knowledge / Brent Davis
  • How to Be a Good Teacher Is an Undecidable Problem / Erica Flapan
  • How Your Philosophy of Mathematics Impacts Your Teaching / Bonnie Gold
  • Variables in Mathematics Education / Susanna S. Epp
  • Bottom Line on Mathematics Education / David Mumford and Sol Garfunkel
  • History of Mathematics and History of Science Reunited? / Jeremy Gray
  • Augustus de Morgan behind the Scenes / Charlotte Simons
  • Routing Problems: A Historical Perspective / Giuseppe Bruno, Andrea Genovese, and Gennaro Improta
  • The Cycloid and Jean Bernoulli / Gerald L. Alexanderson
  • Was Cantor Surprised? / Fernando Q. Gouvêa
  • Why Is There Philosophy of Mathematics at All? / Ian Hacking
  • Ultimate Logic: To Infinity and Beyond / Richard Elwes
  • Mating, Dating, and Mathematics: It's All in the Game / Mark Colyvan.

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