Peter Higgins (Essex University )

Mathematics for the Imagination

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780198604600
• ISBN-10: 0198604602
• Artikelnr.: 10972823

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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