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Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities - Softcover

Stewart, Ian

 
9780465013029: Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0465013023 ISBN 13: 9780465013029
Verlag: Basic Books, 2009

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Knowing that the most exciting math is not taught in school, Professor Ian Stewart has spent years filling his cabinet with intriguing mathematical games, puzzles, stories, and factoids intended for the adventurous mind. This book reveals the most exhilarating oddities from Professor Stewart's legendary cabinet.
Inside, you will find hidden gems of logic, geometry, and probability-like how to extract a cherry from a cocktail glass (harder than you think), a pop-up dodecahedron, and the real reason why you can't divide anything by zero. Scattered among these are keys to Fermat's last theorem, the Poincaréonjecture, chaos theory, and the P=NP problem (you'll win a million dollars if you solve it). You never know what enigmas you'll find in the Stewart cabinet, but they're sure to be clever, mind-expanding, and delightfully fun.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian Stewart is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. His recent books include Calculating the Cosmos, Significant Figures, In Pursuit of the Unknown, and Professor Stewart's Hoard of Mathematical Treasures. He is a fellow of the Royal Society. He lives in Coventry, UK.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465013023
ISBN 13 
9780465013029
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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