The Best Writing on Mathematics 2014 (eBook)

Mircea Pitici (Herausgeber)

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2014
360 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-6530-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The year's finest writing on mathematics from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world. Featuring promising new voices alongside some of the foremost names in the field, The Best Writing on Mathematics 2014 makes available to a wide audience many articles not easily found anywhere else-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy them. These writings offer surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics today. They delve into the history, philosophy, teaching, and everyday occurrences of math, and take readers behind the scenes of today's hottest mathematical debates. Here John Conway presents examples of arithmetical statements that are almost certainly true but likely unprovable; Carlo Sequin explores, compares, and illustrates distinct types of one-sided surfaces known as Klein bottles; Keith Devlin asks what makes a video game good for learning mathematics and shows why many games fall short of that goal; Jordan Ellenberg reports on a recent breakthrough in the study of prime numbers; Stephen Pollard argues that mathematical practice, thinking, and experience transcend the utilitarian value of mathematics; and much, much more.In addition to presenting the year's most memorable writings on mathematics, this must-have anthology includes an introduction by editor Mircea Pitici. This book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in where math has taken us-and where it is headed.

Autor

Mircea Pitici holds a PhD mathematics education from Cornell University, where he teaches math and writing. He has edited The Best Writing on Mathematics since 2010.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2014
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Reihe/Serie: The Best Writing on Mathematics
• Zusatzinfo: 34 color illus. 60 halftones. 30 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: abstract algebra • academic degree • Addition • algebraic topology • algorithm • American Mathematical Society • Analogy • Approximation • attractor • Big Data • Calculation • Career • Classroom • complex number • complex plane • Computability • Computation • conjecture • Contradiction • credential • data set • David Gale • Diagram (category theory) • Division by zero • dodecahedron • Dynamical system • Equation • Explanation • Factorization • fertility • fundamental theorem • fundamental theorem of arithmetic • Geometry • Graduate school • Hilbert curve • homology sphere • Illustration • inference • Information Theory • Integer • Iteration • John Dewey • Jordan Ellenberg • Julia set • Keith Devlin • Klein Bottle • learning • Lecture • Linear Function • Line segment • loudness • Mathematical Association of America • Mathematical Optimization • Mathematical Proof • mathematician • Mathematics • mathematics education • Maxima and minima • Multivariable Calculus • Natural number • Number Theory • Parameter (computer programming) • Parity (mathematics) • perception • Permutation • Phase space • philosophy of mathematics • polynomial • potato chip • power law • Prediction • Prime number • Probability • Professor • Proportionality (mathematics) • Pure Mathematics • Quantity • Rational number • real number • rectangle • result • Royal Statistical Society • scientific notation • Scientist • Sigma Xi • Skittles (confectionery) • square root • Statistic • Statistics • Suggestion • Technology • Textbook • Theorem • theory • Theory of Computation • Three-dimensional space (mathematics) • two-dimensional space • Variable (mathematics) • Website • Writing
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-6530-1 / 1400865301
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-6530-7 / 9781400865307