The Magic of Math - Arthur Benjamin

The Magic of Math

Solving for x and Figuring Out Why

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2016
Basic Books (Verlag)
978-0-465-09621-3 (ISBN)
19,85 inkl. MwSt
"Arthur Benjamin... joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance. Let his book be your partner for a lifetime of learning."-Bill Nye, Science Educator and CEO, The Planetary Society
A New York Times Bestseller Arthur Benjamin . . . joyfully shows you how to make nature's numbers dance." ,Bill Nye The Magic of Math is the math book you wish you had in school. Using a delightful assortment of examples,from ice-cream scoops and poker hands to measuring mountains and making magic squares,this book revels in key mathematical fields including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus, plus Fibonacci numbers, infinity, and, of course, mathematical magic tricks. Known throughout the world as the mathemagician," Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics and magic to make the subject fun, attractive, and easy to understand for math fan and math-phobic alike. A positively joyful exploration of mathematics." , Publishers Weekly , starred review Each [trick] is more dazzling than the last." , Physics World

Arthur Benjamin holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd College. The author of The Secrets of Mental Math, he lives in Claremont, California.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Tables and illustrations throughout
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 208 mm
Gewicht 300 g
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Allgemeines / Lexika
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10 0-465-09621-2 / 0465096212
ISBN-13 978-0-465-09621-3 / 9780465096213
Zustand Neuware
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