The Spirit of Mathematics
Algebra and all that
(Sprache: Englisch)
The Spirit of Mathematics brings to life the most elementary parts of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry in a new way. It sets out problems and draws out the wonder and 'magic' of finding their solutions with an infectious enthusiasm. Acheson packs a...
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The Spirit of Mathematics brings to life the most elementary parts of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry in a new way. It sets out problems and draws out the wonder and 'magic' of finding their solutions with an infectious enthusiasm. Acheson packs a remarkable amount of surprising mathematics into this short work.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Spirit of Mathematics “
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Whatever Happened to A, B, and C?
- 3: The 1089 Trick
- 4: Another Kind of Magic
- 5: Just Imagine...
- 6: A Most Unusual Lecture
- 7: Why are Mathematicians Obsessed by Proof?
- 8: Puzzling Mathematics
- 9: Why Does (-1) × (-1) = +1?
- 10: It's a Square World
- 11: Algebra in Action
- 12: 'Compleating the Square'
- 13: Slices of Pi
- 14: The Golden Ratio
- 15: Proof by Chocolate
- 16: The Puzzled Farmer
- 17: Mathematics and Snooker
- 18: The Wicked Schoolteacher
- 19: Trains, Boats, and Planes
- 20: I've Seen That Before, Somewhere ...
- 21: An Apple Falls ...
- 22: Rollercoaster Mathematics
- 23: The Electric Guitar Revisited
- 24: The Domino Effect
- 25: Real or Imaginary?
- 26: The Square Root of Minus One
- 27: Inspector Riemann Investigates ...
- 28: Infinite Danger
- 29: 1 + 1 to the Rescue!
- 30: And Finally ...
- Notes and references
- Further Reading
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von David Acheson
David Acheson is Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and was the University's first winner of a National Teaching Fellowship in 2004. He was President of the Mathematical Association from 2010 to 2011, and now lectures widely on mathematics to young people and the general public. In 2013, Acheson was awarded an Honorary D.Sc. by the University of East Anglia for his outstanding work in the popularisation of mathematics. His books include 1089 and All That (OUP, 2002), The Calculus Story, (OUP, 2017), and The Wonder Book of Geometry, (OUP, 2020).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Acheson
- 2023, 192 Seiten, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 13,5 x 20,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 019284508X
- ISBN-13: 9780192845085
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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