Mathematics for the Imagination

Peter Higgins (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2002
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-860460-0 (ISBN)

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Mathematics for the Imagination provides an accessible and entertaining investigation into mathematical problems in the world around us. From world navigation, family trees, and calendars to patterns, tessellations, and number tricks, this informative and fun new book helps you to understand the maths behind real-life questions and rediscover your arithmetical mind.
This is a follow-up to the popular Mathematics for the Curious, Peter Higgins's first investigation into real-life mathematical problems.
A highly involving book which encourages the reader to enter into the spirit of mathematical exploration.

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Essex, Peter Higgins is the author of the successful Mathematics for the Curious, (OUP, 1998), and Techniques of Semigroup Theory.

PREFACE ; 1. World Travel ; 2. The Travelling World ; 3. The Geometric Picture ; 4. The World of Archimedes ; 5. Reflections and Curves ; 6. Covering the World ; 7. Possible and Impossible Constructions ; 8. For Conoisseurs ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	26.9.2002
Zusatzinfo	numerous line figures
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 197 mm
Gewicht	255 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturwissenschaft
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	0-19-860460-2 / 0198604602
ISBN-13	978-0-19-860460-0 / 9780198604600
Zustand	Neuware