Mathematics : rhyme and reason (Record no. 2732)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781470447960
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Transcribing agency Educational Supplies
Original cataloging agency ICTS-TIFR
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QA11.2
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Currie, Mel
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Mathematics : rhyme and reason
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. USA:
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Date of publication, distribution, etc. [c2018]
300 ## - Physical Description
Pages: 178 p
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1. The Riddle<br/>Chapter 2. Primes<br/>Chapter 3. Some Geometry<br/>Chapter 4. Mysterious Pattern<br/>Chapter 5. Some Things Add Up. Some Don’t.<br/>Chapter 6. A Tangential Remark<br/>Chapter 7. Plus or Minus<br/>Chapter 8. Making the Optimal Choice<br/>Chapter 9. Impossibilities<br/>Chapter 10. Magnitudes of Infinity<br/>Chapter 11. The Inevitable (Sperner’s Lemma—The Brouwer Fixed-Point Theorem)<br/>Chapter 12. Consider the Sequence (Fibonacci and Golden Ratio)<br/>Chapter 13. What Are the Chances?<br/>Chapter 14. The Euler Line<br/>Chapter 15. The Dissertation<br/>Chapter 16. The Next Prime Number Is? (Gandhi’s Formula)<br/>Chapter 17. Bulgarian Solitaire<br/>Chapter 18. Which is Bigger? (𝑎^{𝑏} versus 𝑏^{𝑎})<br/>Chapter 19. Fascinating<br/>Chapter 20. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous<br/>Chapter 21. A Few More Words<br/>
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This book introduces budding mathematicians of all ages to mathematical ways of thinking through a series of chapters that mix episodes from the author's life with explanations of intriguing mathematical concepts and the stories of the mathematicians who discovered them. The chapters can be read independently, and most require only a background in basic high school algebra or geometry to appreciate the topics covered.
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