[PDF] Shapes Space And Symmetry eBook

Author : Alan Holden
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780486268514

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Explains structure of nine regular solids and many semiregular solids and demonstrates how they can be used to explain mathematics. Instructions for cardboard models. Over 300 illustrations. 1971 edition.

Author : L.Christine Kinsey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 2006-05-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781930190092

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This book will appeal to at least three groups of readers: prospective high school teachers, liberal arts students, and parents whose children are studying high school or college math. It is modern in its selection of topics, and in the learning models used by the authors. The book covers some exciting but non-traditional topics from the subject area of geometry. It is also intended for undergraduates and tries to engage their interest in mathematics. Many innovative pedagogical modes are used throughout.

Author : Kinsey
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 30,30 MB
Release : 2008-07-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780470412404

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Symmetry, Shape, and Space uses the visual nature of geometry to involve readers in discovering mathematics. The text allows readers to study and analyze patterns for themselves, which in turn teaches creativity, as well as analytical and visualization skills. Varied content, activities, and examples lead readers into an investigative process and provide the experience of doing and discovering mathematics as mathematicians do. Exercises requiring readers to express their ideas in writing and to create drawings or physical models make math a hands-on experience. Assuming no mathematics beyond the high school level, Symmetry, Shape, and Space is the perfect introduction to mathematics, and it is designed so that each chapter is independent of the others, allowing great flexibility.

Author : Jeffrey R. Weeks
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2001-12-12
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0203912667

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Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expanding ideas in an intuitive and informal way. Bridging the gap from geometry to the latest work in observational cosmology, the book illustrates the connection between geometry and the behavior of the physical universe and explains how radiation remaining from the big bang may reveal the actual shape of the universe.

Author : L. Christine Kinsey
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,30 MB
Release : 2008-06-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780470412411

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This Student Lab Manual is to accompany Symmetry, Shape, and Space, which uses the visual nature of geometry to involve readers in discovering mathematics. The text allows readers to study and analyze patterns for themselves, which in turn teaches creativity, as well as analytical and visualization skills. Varied content, activities, and examples lead readers into an investigative process and provide the experience of doing and discovering mathematics as mathematicians do. Exercises requiring readers to express their ideas in writing and to create drawings or physical models make math a hands-on experience. Assuming no mathematics beyond the high school level, Symmetry, Shape, and Space is the perfect introduction to mathematics, and it is designed so that each chapter is independent of the others, allowing great flexibility.

Author : Diane L. Herrmann
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 10,14 MB
Release : 2012-10-18
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1466554649

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Through a careful treatment of number theory and geometry, Number, Shape, & Symmetry: An Introduction to Number Theory, Geometry, and Group Theory helps readers understand serious mathematical ideas and proofs. Classroom-tested, the book draws on the authors’ successful work with undergraduate students at the University of Chicago, seventh to tenth grade mathematically talented students in the University of Chicago’s Young Scholars Program, and elementary public school teachers in the Seminars for Endorsement in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME). The first half of the book focuses on number theory, beginning with the rules of arithmetic (axioms for the integers). The authors then present all the basic ideas and applications of divisibility, primes, and modular arithmetic. They also introduce the abstract notion of a group and include numerous examples. The final topics on number theory consist of rational numbers, real numbers, and ideas about infinity. Moving on to geometry, the text covers polygons and polyhedra, including the construction of regular polygons and regular polyhedra. It studies tessellation by looking at patterns in the plane, especially those made by regular polygons or sets of regular polygons. The text also determines the symmetry groups of these figures and patterns, demonstrating how groups arise in both geometry and number theory. The book is suitable for pre-service or in-service training for elementary school teachers, general education mathematics or math for liberal arts undergraduate-level courses, and enrichment activities for high school students or math clubs.

Author : Shing-Tung Yau
Publisher : Il Saggiatore
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0465020232

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The leading mind behind the mathematics of string theory discusses how geometry explains the universe we see. Illustrations.