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Figuring It Out: Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math

By Nuno Crato

Book information

Publisher
Copernicus
Year
2010
ISBN
3642048323, 9783642048326
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4493904 bytes)
Edition
2010
Pages
227\238
Time added
2013-10-31 09:15:31

Description

This is a book of mathematical stories — funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations. This book is about the power and beauty of mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. It is a book for enticing youngsters and inspiring teachers. Nuno Crato is a leading science writer and mathematician, whose entertaining essays have won a number of international awards.

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