[PDF] A Passion For Mathematics eBook

Author : Clifford A. Pickover
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,11 MB
Release : 2005-07-15
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0471724211

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A Passion for Mathematics is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix of history, biography, philosophy, number theory, geometry, probability, huge numbers, and mind-bending problems into a delightfully compelling collection that is sure to please math buffs, students, and experienced mathematicians alike. In each chapter, Clifford Pickover provides factoids, anecdotes, definitions, quotations, and captivating challenges that range from fun, quirky puzzles to insanely difficult problems. Readers will encounter mad mathematicians, strange number sequences, obstinate numbers, curious constants, magic squares, fractal geese, monkeys typing Hamlet, infinity, and much, much more. A Passion for Mathematics will feed readers’ fascination while giving them problem-solving skills a great workout!

Author : Edward Frenkel
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,1 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0465069959

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An awesome, globe-spanning, and New York Times bestselling journey through the beauty and power of mathematics What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso, weren't even told they existed? Alas, this is how math is taught, and so for most of us it becomes the intellectual equivalent of watching paint dry. In Love and Math, renowned mathematician Edward Frenkel reveals a side of math we've never seen, suffused with all the beauty and elegance of a work of art. In this heartfelt and passionate book, Frenkel shows that mathematics, far from occupying a specialist niche, goes to the heart of all matter, uniting us across cultures, time, and space. Love and Math tells two intertwined stories: of the wonders of mathematics and of one young man's journey learning and living it. Having braved a discriminatory educational system to become one of the twenty-first century's leading mathematicians, Frenkel now works on one of the biggest ideas to come out of math in the last 50 years: the Langlands Program. Considered by many to be a Grand Unified Theory of mathematics, the Langlands Program enables researchers to translate findings from one field to another so that they can solve problems, such as Fermat's last theorem, that had seemed intractable before. At its core, Love and Math is a story about accessing a new way of thinking, which can enrich our lives and empower us to better understand the world and our place in it. It is an invitation to discover the magic hidden universe of mathematics.

Author : Clifford A. Pickover
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1118046072

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A Passion for Mathematics is an educational, entertaining trip through the curiosities of the math world, blending an eclectic mix of history, biography, philosophy, number theory, geometry, probability, huge numbers, and mind-bending problems into a delightfully compelling collection that is sure to please math buffs, students, and experienced mathematicians alike. In each chapter, Clifford Pickover provides factoids, anecdotes, definitions, quotations, and captivating challenges that range from fun, quirky puzzles to insanely difficult problems. Readers will encounter mad mathematicians, strange number sequences, obstinate numbers, curious constants, magic squares, fractal geese, monkeys typing Hamlet, infinity, and much, much more. A Passion for Mathematics will feed readers’ fascination while giving them problem-solving skills a great workout!

Author : Hannah Fry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1476784884

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"A mathematician pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns--from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage--behind the rituals of love ... applying mathematical formulas to the most common yet complex questions pertaining to love: What's the chance of finding love? What's the probability that it will last? How do online dating algorithms work, exactly? Can game theory help us decide who to approach in a bar? At what point in your dating life should you settle down?"--Amazon.com.

Author : Sarah Glaz
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 25,60 MB
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1439865183

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Strange Attractors is a collection of approximately 150 poems with strong links to mathematics in content, form, or imagery. The common theme is love, and the editors draw from its various manifestations-romantic love, spiritual love, humorous love, love between parents and children, mathematicians in love, love of mathematics. The poets include li

Author : Nanci N. Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,78 MB
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781943874002

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"In A Mind for Mathematics: Meaningful Teaching and Learning in Elementary Classrooms, Smith breaks down the complex components of teaching mathematics and divides them into practical strategies. She fuses mathematics research, useful classroom strategies, and examples from K-6 classrooms to help teachers influence students to work hard, grapple with challenging problems, and ultimately value mathematics." -- Back cover

Author : Brian Greene
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 19,17 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 0141029811

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There was a time when 'universe' meant all there is. Everything. Yet, as Brian Greene's extraordinary book shows, ours may be just one universe among many, like endless reflections in a mirror. He takes us on a captivating exploration of parallel worlds - from a multiverse where an infinite number of your doppelg ngers are reading this sentence, to vast oceans of bubble universes and even multiverses made of mathematics - showing just how much of reality's true nature may be hidden within them.

Author : Mamdouh Hamouda
Publisher :
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781524682163

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Those who have passion with mathematics feel great joy as they indulge in solving a challenging mathematical riddle and when they are busy reading about a mathematical problem that has been puzzling mathematicians of antiquity or reading an elegant proof of a theorem that reveals admirable insight. This feel of "mathing" is, in a way, similar to the feeling when you listen to good music or watch a beautiful piece of art. However, we also know that there are many other people who have not been exposed sufficiently to math practicing and who would equally enjoy sailing in its sea if they have the opportunity to get more familiar with its treasures. You do not have to be a mathematician to appreciate the reasoning of a shrewd mathematical proof or enjoy brain stimulation brought by a mathematical riddle. In this book, I am trying to explore the elements of beauty in mathematics in a journey through classical and modern mathematical problems and accomplishments. Topics discussed are those that would intrigue most of us and not those typically included in standard school syllabuses.